Mr. Osita Okechukwu, a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said on Monday that Nigerians should hold the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) responsible if the presidency in 2023 is not zoned to the south.
He said APC has been monitoring the PDP’s hunger to feed on President Muhammadu Buhari’s 12 million vote bank with bated breath, noting that as a political party, APC must fine-tune its general election strategy.
Okechukwu, who is also the Director General (DG) of Voice of Nigeria (VON), was responding to Middle Belt Forum, PANDEF, Afenifere, and Ohanaeze’s rejection of the APC’s intention to zone the 2023 presidency to the south.
He believes that PDP’s eagerness to break into Buhari‘s 12 million vote bank explains APC’s hesitation.
During the last Greater Nigeria Conference (GNC) in Abuja, the heads of regional socio-cultural groups MBF, PANDEF, Afenifere, and Ohanaeze accused APC of playing hanky-panky with the zoning of the presidency to the south.
But, speaking during an interaction with journalists in Abuja, Okechukwu stated: “Although one is not holding the brief of our distinguished national Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, one’s little understanding is that the leadership of our great party, is watching closely the desperation and antics of our elder sister political party, the PDP.