Ekwueme Could Have Been President, Ganduje Tells S’East

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdulahi Ganduje, has said that the South-East had its closest chance of taking the Presidency when Dr Alex Ekwueme, a prominent son of the zone, served as Vice President.
Dr Ganduje stated this in Nnewi, Anambra State on Saturday, during a mega empowerment rally, organised by the Senator representing Anambra South senatorial zone, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.
He harped on the need for the zone to connect to the centre by joining the APC and voting in governors from the party in all the five States.
According to him, because of the commitment of the zone to the ruling party then, then President Shehu Shagari strongly considered Dr Ekwueme to succeed him.
“You know when your brother, Alex Ekwueme was the Vice President to our brother, Shehu Shagari. The body language was there, and if not that the military struck, your son, Alex Ekwueme would have become the President.
“I tell you this story because the road to political freedom is to key into the ruling party, and once you do that, marginalisation would be a thing of the past,” he stated.
Dr Ganduje, who was overwhelmed by the large crowd that attended the empowerment rally, said with what he had seen, and with the mobilisation done by Sen. Ubah and his acceptance in Anambra, the South East was ready to key into mainstream politics.
“We are astonished at the crowd that attended this rally. Our Renewed Hope agenda is to bring the South-East into the mainstream politics. This is not an ordinary rally, but one for empowerment, and we have been informed that everybody here today will go back with something”, he said.