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PDP Urges Wike’s Critics To Rethink Strategy …Igbo Presidency Sacrosanct -Iwuanyanwu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on critics of Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike to rethink their strategy. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan made the call in a statement in Abuja, yesterday, He said, “moreover, it is also imperative to counsel, without any equivocation, that enemies of our party who feel threatened by the rising profile of Governor Nyesom Wike, should have a rethink on their incessant attacks on the governor,” he said.
Ologbondiyan appreciated the contribution of Wike, as well as all other PDP governors, to the growth of the party.
Meanwhile, member of the Board of Trustees (BoTs) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said that there was no going back on the emergence of a Nigerian President from Igbo extraction in 2023.
He said that his conviction was based on the principles of equity and justice.
Speaking at the 81st birthday celebration of four-time Senator, Chief Francis Arthur Nzeribe at his Haven of Peace country, Iwuanyanwu said that the celebrator had always made a strong case for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction.
He reiterated that the restructuring of Nigeria was long overdue, saying, “The northern part of Nigeria has ruled the country more than the South. Presently, power is still in the North.
“In 2023, being eight straight years of the North holding unto power again, under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, it is expected that power will shift to the South.
“When you come to the South, the South-West and South-South have both produced Presidents. It is, therefore, the turn of the South-East to produce the President of this country, come 2023 in the interest of equity and fairness.