{"id":90596,"date":"2022-01-11T15:24:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=90596"},"modified":"2022-01-11T15:24:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:24:36","slug":"presidency-i-will-consider-contesting-if-apc-zones-ticket-to-south-east-orji-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/presidency-i-will-consider-contesting-if-apc-zones-ticket-to-south-east-orji-kalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency: I will consider contesting if APC zones ticket to South-East\u2014 Orji Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, says he will consider contesting for president if the All Progressives Congress (APC) zones its presidential ticket to the South-East region.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu disclosed this to\u00a0 newsmen on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday after Christmas and New Year break.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many pro-democracy groups have endorsed Kalu and expressed their readiness to see that he emerges as the flag bearer of the APC in the 2023 presidential election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAlso the presidential campaign posters of the former Abia governor have been spotted in major cities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>While commending the groups drumming support for him to vie for president in 2023, Kalu said that they found him worthy to deliver good governance to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>He also reacted to his posters flooding major cities in Nigeria and said he had not made up his mind to contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to continue to thank people who are putting up my posters all over Nigeria, I have not made up my mind whether to vie for president or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if opportunity is given to the South-East, I will think again to see if there is room because the party has not said where they are zoning the president to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I know the party will bring a president who will work for the unity of the country which is more important,\u2019\u2019 Kalu said.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. 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