{"id":95787,"date":"2022-06-07T20:50:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95787"},"modified":"2022-06-07T20:50:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:50:53","slug":"pick-one-of-us-okorocha-other-south-east-aspirants-write-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pick-one-of-us-okorocha-other-south-east-aspirants-write-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick One Of Us, Okorocha, Other South-East Aspirants Write Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">All Progressives Congress Presidential aspirants from the South-East have written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the South-East produce the next presidential candidate of the party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIn a copy of the letter obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, the aspirants urged Buhari to intervene during the convention for \u201cproper guidance\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe letter was signed by Ikeobasi Mokelu, former ministers of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; state for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, and Mrs. Ken Uju-Ohanenye.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSenator Rochas Okorocha was listed among signatories but didn\u2019t append his signature.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The letter writes: &#8220;We the undersigned, who are aspirants to the Office of President on the platform of our party the APC. write to commend your fatherly leadership of our country and our party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We also commend your unequivocal approval of the position of the 14 Progressive governors from Northern Nigeria, to ensure that your successor is elected from the southern part of Nigeria. We also commend the governors for this patriotic and unifying stand. United we stand \u2013 Our unity in diversity has been the rallying point of all patriots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Your Excellency. we most humbly request that this position of our brothers from the North be deepened and made even more wholesome by further zoning this position to the South-East.<br \/>\n\ufffc<br \/>\n&#8220;We are all aware that no President can emerge without the support of various geopolitical zones and without the express collaboration of our brothers and sisters from other zones of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;With our Convention at hand, your kind directive for the deepening of unity in diversity, championed by our founding fathers solely on the basis of strengthening national unity and cohesion and for rousing victory at the 2023 elections are stated objectives in your speeches to the Progressive governors forum, the APC aspirants dinner and the meeting of APC stakeholders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Furthermore. we are humbly requesting that you consider and pick your chosen candidate from the South-East aspirants in line with your stated objectives of handing over to trusted party loyalists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We humbly seek your Excellency\u2019s prompt and kind intervention to enable the party delegates to assume proper guidance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Please accept as always. our continuing loyalty and assurances of our esteem regards and obedience to whichever candidate your Excellency deems fit and appropriate to adopt as the candidate of the party.&#8221;<\/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>All Progressives Congress Presidential aspirants from the South-East have written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the South-East produce the next presidential candidate of the party. 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