Presidency 2023: I will feel bad if APC doesn’t give Southeast opportunity – Umahi

By Ogundele Olanrewaju

Ebonyi state Governor, Dave Umahi has disclosed that he will feel bad if the APC does not give the southeast a chance at the presidency in 2023.

The Ebonyi state governor said this when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV on Friday, September 3.

Governor Umahi noted that the major yearning of the people of the southeastern region is that they should be given a chance to produce Nigeria’s president, whether on the platform of the PDP or the APC.

Meanwhile, an APC group, South East Mandate (SEM), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to facilitate the process of nominating a presidential candidate from trusted members of the party from the region ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The group also urged other political parties in Nigeria to cede its presidential ticket to the southeast in the spirit of justice, equity, and good conscience.

Convener of the group, Senator Julius Ucha, who briefed journalists after their recent meeting, identified lack of trust, latent fear, suspicion, and prejudices as some of the factors holding the southeast down in Nigeria’s political equation, saying it was poised to reverse the trend.