A foundation member of the All Progressives Congress and Director General of Voice of Nigeria , Osita Okechukwu, has advised the Peoples Democratic Party to mind their business and face their manifesto , which according to him , is dead on arrival .
He said it was mischievous of the opposition party to accuse the ruling APC of hawking the 2023 presidency for telling the South East and South West that a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections would guarantee them presidency in 2023 .
The PDP National Chairman , Prince Uche Secondus, had said the APC was acting like a prostitute to have promised the two regions the same position in 2023 .
He said this while referring to statements credited to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Secretary to the Government of the Federation , Boss Mustapha , who reportedly said at various times that the South West and South East , respectively would get the slot in 2023 , if Buhari was re - elected in 2019.
Speaking with our correspondent in Abuja, Okechukwu, who is from the South East said the observation of the PDP was erroneous , mischievous and not in tune with real politicking .
He said , “What the South East and South West are doing is what we call real politics . It is not hawking as erroneously stated by the PDP . What we are saying is that the South East and South West are both qualified to take over from the president in 2023 .
But in the spirit of equity , natural justice and good conscience, the South East – being the only region in the South which has not produced the president – should get it . That another region in the South is aiming for the presidency does not mean hawking.
“The rotation is a convention and not a norm . What is a concrete fact is that the South East and South West are aware that if president Buhari is re - elected in 2019, he has only four more years as stated in the constitution while that of Atiku Abubakar is a mirage or a pledge .
“The PDP should blame themselves for allowing their candidate ( Atiku ) to come with a six - year manifesto because they cannot deceive anybody that he would spend only four years in office . It means other regions would have to wait for another eight years. ”
In a related development , the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission and former Senate majority leader, Senator Victor Ndoma- Egba , said that it would be counterproductive for the South East to vote for the opposition in 2019.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja, the APC senatorial candidate in Cross - River state said, “We are talking about the opportunity and it is for the South East to go and organise themselves and prepare itself for that opportunity. Will they ( South East ) have an opportunity in 2023 through President Buhari ? The answer is yes , the opportunity will be there and you need to put your house in order .
Will it be possible with the other person ( Atiku ) in 2023 considering the fact that he would have a constitutional two terms ? The answer is no .”
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