Chairman, All Progressives
Congress (APC) Elders Advisory Council in Plateau, Captain Joseph Din (rtd),
has urged the party to zone the 2023 presidency to the Southwest geopolitical
zone rather than the Southeast.
According to him, the Southeast
is not ready to produce the president of Nigeria.
Din, a close friend of President
Muhammadu Buhari, said this in an interview with Sunday Sun.
He added that the Igbos were
overwhelmingly identified as sympathisers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in recent memory and so should not be given APC’s ticket for the presidency.
Asked if the presidency should go
to the Southeast as clamoured for in various quarters, the retired military
officer said:
“Let it go to the Southwest, let
them produce the president in 2023, there is no doubt about it. You see our
brothers in the Southeast, I am sorry for them because they have not put their
heads together.
“Look at what Mr President has
done for them, look at Onitsha Second Bridge, billions of naira have been
budgeted for it.
“For about 15 years of PDP
nothing was done, but when Mr President came he commenced the work and it is in
progress, and our Igbo brothers instead for them to put their heads together
and give votes to the ruling party so that people will make case for them in
the party, they refused.
“In Anambra, they gave the
President five per cent, how will they take the presidency, if given to them,
how? As far as I am concerned, they shouldn’t think about presidency for now.
“The Southwest will take it on
the platter of gold because they gave us a lot of votes, you can’t take the
presidency to a territory that is not with you, it is impossible.”
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