APC leaders in Delta State have vowed to make sure that the presidency returns to the south after eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The APC chieftains, therefore, unanimously endorsed the candidacy of APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, insisting that power must return to the South come 2023.
The APC chieftains all spoke at the Delta Central APC leaders and stakeholders’ meeting in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State.
In his remarks, Senator Omo-Agege, who is the governorship candidate of APC in Delta State, said that fairness demanded that power return to the South in 2023 since President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner, was about to complete eight years in office.
“We need to be united to be able to confront this monster.Having served as President for eight years, it is only fair that power returns to the South. It is for that reason that Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has been labelled for who he is: a traitor.”
Also, the convener of the meeting and spokesperson, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, said some people are using primordial sentiments of Muslim–Muslim ticket to divert attention.
Asiwaju Tinubu, he noted, will replicate his achievements as Lagos State governor in the country if elected as president come February 2023.
“The example set by Asiwaju Tinubu in Lagos is enough to tell us that he will do more. So, Ovie Omo-Agege has a huge task on his hands. He is going to first set a blueprint for development, not chop-I-chop. Just like Asiwaju did, he set a blueprint and they are still enjoying it till today,” he said.
The leaders included the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege; Minister of State for Labour and Employment and Campaign spokesperson, Festus Keyamo SAN; APC chieftain and former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Kokori and founding leader and 2015 governorship candidate of APC in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, among others.
