A Group under the aegis of “Concerned Ebonyi PDP Youths on Sunday, urged various Political Parties in the country to zone their party Presidential tickets ahead of 2023 election to the South-East geo-political zone of the country.
Addressing a Press Conference in Abakaliki the Ebonyi State capital, the Convener of the Group Mr Osita Kalu Ugorji, restated that the Group would intensify it’s agitation for a President of Igbo extraction to emerge come 2023.
” We are urging all Political Parties to zone their Presidential tickets to the South-East zone, if APC and PDP zone their tickets to the zone, we would welcome it ”
” As an Organisation poised to providing and engendering the cause of all inclusive leadership drive, giving equitable attention to Power Sharing and allotment, we wish to say that it’s long overdue”
The PDP Youths faulted the alleged injustice metted out to the people of the south -east zone by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) maintaining that the party has been fair to the zone.
“Under the PDP, the South-East zone produced five Senate Presidents, then Chief of Army Staff Azubuike Ihejirika, former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ogbona Onovo, ex-Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative Emeka Ihedioha among others”
The Group reiterated that the PDP in Ebonyi State was intact and dismissed insinuations in some quartets that the All Progressive Congress (APC) has dominated the political landscape of the State.
“We are against maligning the PDP. we are not against anybody defecting to any political party of his choice.
“We are proud to state that the PDP in Ebonyi State was robustly intact. Eight out of nine National Assembly members from the State. three serving senators, five House of Representative members, major Stakeholders of the State and many State House of Assembly members are still bonafide members of the party”
The Youths dismissed insinuations in some quarters alluding that the APC was amenable to zoning the presidency to the South-East.
“The APC has not zoned it’s Presidential ticket to any zone as we speak, assuming they fail to zone the ticket to the South-East, what happens.”he queried.
In attendance at the briefing included Representative of PDP Youths across the three Senatorial zones of the State namely Alionele Chinedu (Central), Eze Monday ((Ebonyi North), Osita Kalu Ugorji (Ebonyi South zone ) among others.
