Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has congratulated the PDP for electing a North Easterner, Abubakar Atiku as its Presidential candidate.
Kalu who represents Abia North at the National Assembly said “Nigerians must have seen what I saw yesterday”.
The APC leader in Abia and the Senate Chief Whip warned “For our party the APC , it is no longer feasible to talk about Southern candidates except the APC want to go on political retirement”.
He urged the National Chairman of the party and the entire party NWC to stamp their feet and zone APC presidential ticket to the North East .
“President Muhammad Buhari has a right to choose his successor and I call on him to pick Senator Ahmad Lawan as his successor.
“In every democratic setting, Presidents and Governors support and pick their successors . I call on President Buhari to pick a successor from the North East and that will be the equity the South East needs. With the North East , the cycle will be closest to completion of regions producing the president of Nigeria”.
According to him, “By now, all APC aspirants should drop their ambition and support a North Easterner . Sen. Ahmad Lawan is the destination”, he said.
