The Dr.Nwachukwu Anakwenze Campaign Organization (ACO), has implored the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to zone its presidential slot to the South East with a view to winning the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria
Comrade Eric Oluwole, who is the Deputy Director General/Spokesperson for the entire Anakwenze Campaign Organization ACO, conveyed the suggestion in a statement made available to journalists on Monday.
The PDP, he said,needs to do the needful by zoning it’s presidential slot to the South East on the strength of the declaration of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar that he would support the party if it gives its ticket to the South East.
He said:”If Alhaji. Atiku ‘s pledges to drop his presidential ambition and to support the party if PDP zones Presidential ticket to South East, that would be a patriotic call and a call for unity of the party and the country”
He recalls that the South East supported former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1998, it supported Umaru Musa Yar Adua in 2007 and Goodluck Jonathan in 2011.
He added:”Obasanjo who is from the South West did 8 years, Yar Adua from the North West did 2 years and Goodluck Jonathan from the South South did 5 years plus .It is only the South East that has been left out of the equation. If the party rewards loyalty, then the Southeast should unequivocally be rallied around for the party candidature.
“Incidentally, the South East is the hub and nerve centre of PDP. If So if the PDP zones it’s ticket to South East, the support of the party would grow immensely.
He further urged the Governor Nyesome Wike and Ayo Fayose to step down their ambitions and support aspirants from South East adding that it is the turn of that geopolitical zone to produce the President .
He urged other presidential aspirants to emulate the bold and patriotic step of the former Vice President adding that it would strengthen the party ahead of the 2023 general election.
” We at the Anakwenze Campaign Organization urge presidential aspirants from other regions that in the interest of fairness, equity and reciprocity to follow the bold step of the Presidential candidate of our party in the last presidential election by supporting candidate from the South East. This would further give the party an added impetus to win the Presidency in 2023.
He rallied for the PDP and the candidature of the Onowu of Abagana Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze,who distinguished himself as a Physician, philanthropist per excellence, farmer, industrialists as well as youth and women empowerment enthusiast.
He said:”It is also pertinent that we remind Nigerians and the PDP that the party cannot win the 2023 Presidential Election just by zoning its ticket to the South East.”The PDP needs a strong candidate who can unite party members across all the geopolitical zones and across all the tribal cum religious divides.
” The party also needs someone who would mobilize all Nigerians ahead of 2023, the party would also need someone who can match the candidates of the ruling party in terms of global acceptability, record breaking achievements and we are proud to say that Dr. Anakwenze is the perfect candidate to spur the PDP unto victory come 2023, Oluwole added
