Nigeria’s president in 2019 must come from the North.
Also, a Southerner must emerge as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the elective National Convention in Abuja on December 9.
South-East PDP leaders declared these in Enugu on Monday during the Zonal Executive Committee meeting chaired by the National Vice Chairman of the zone, Deacon Austin Umahi.
Umahi said the decision was an endorsement of the party’s zoning arrangement for the country’s six geo-political zones.
He also said the arrangement was to reiterate the party’s commitment to national unity and reaffirmed the party’s earlier agreement on the zoning of party positions allotted to the South East in respect of the National Convention.
Presenting a communiqué after the meeting, which was well attended by party leaders such as former Vice President and founding member of PDP, Chief Alex Ekwueme; Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Abia (Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu) and Ebonyi (David Umahi) represented by his deputy; Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sen Samuel Anyanwu , Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha, the party’s Caretaker Committee National Secretary, Senator Ben Obi, Speakers of Houses of Assembly from the zone and other principal officers, former governors, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, and a host of others, Umahi said that the zonal leadership of the party will support its candidate in Anambra State, Mr. Oseloka Obaze and his running mate, Mrs. Chidi Onyemelukwe (nee Ekwueme).
The party equally mandated PDP South East Governors, the Zonal Vice Chairman and the National Assembly leaders from the zone to liaise with other geo-political zones to reach an understanding in respect of the party’s next National Chairman.
