The Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita
Okechukwu has disclosed reasons he stopped clamouring for Igbo presidency in
2023.
Osita, who was one of the key
stakeholders calling for the 2023 presidency to be zoned to the South-East for
fairness and equity, is currently one of the supporters of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Giving his reason while featuring on Arise TV programme on
Tuesday, the VON boss said his opinion changed when no Southeastern could
emerge winner of the APC primary election.
According to him, although Asiwaju was not his preferred
candidate, he (Asiwaju) won the election, stressing that he has no other choice
than to back his party’s candidate.
He said, “When we started the campaign, I was one of the
people that issued the statement calling on Asiwaju as a kingmaker to support someone
from the South-East but there was also a statement that the kingmaker also
wanted to be the president.
“As a foundation member of the APC and somebody who has been
in politics for 44 years, there was a primary election that was held openly and
nobody complained that it was rigged and Asiwaju emerged.
“I have no other option except to back the candidate of my party because Asiwaju won the election. Yes he was not my preference at the beginning of the race, but at the end, he won”.
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