2023: APC speaks on giving presidential ticket to Igbo candidate

The Deputy Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has mentioned that the subsequent presidential candidate of the celebration shall be based mostly on settlement by stakeholders”.

Nabena, talking with the Solar, additionally steered measures the Southeast geopolitical zone can undertake to actualise Igbo presidency in 2023.

“We all know that there are six geographical zones within the nation. However what’s going to be the most important determinant is the settlement by stakeholders. The unity of the nation is extra necessary than any zoning association,” he mentioned.

Nabena added: “Each zone shall be concerned within the stakeholders’ assembly. However I wish to, nevertheless, urge the Igbos to know that getting political positions entails numerous negotiations and lobbying, not by whipping up sentiments or by drive.

“The Igbo should uncover their allies and go into deep negotiations. They have to start to get up to the fact that politics is by quantity. We have now seen what Igbo might solely do with a political celebration we will say is actually their very own, APGA. What number of states did APGA win within the Southeast? What it means is that they can’t get it proper with their very own political celebration.”