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December 27, 2022
The former governor of Enugu State who spoke when he hosted members of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of Bola Tinubu in his home town, Agbani, said his choice was not for personal reasons but for mainstreaming of the South-East into Nigerian politics.
The Peoples Democratic Party Senator in Enugu State, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani, has reportedly said that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu will emerge victorious in the February 2023 presidential poll.
The former governor of Enugu State who spoke when he hosted members of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of Bola Tinubu in his home town, Agbani, said his choice was not for personal reasons but for mainstreaming of the South-East into Nigerian politics.
SaharaReporters reports that Nnamani, who is the current senator representing Enugu East senatorial zone at the National Assembly and also the senatorial candidate of PDP for same seat in the next year’s polls, had since voiced his preference for APC Presidential candidate above his party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in the next election.
Nnamani’s staunch support for an opposition presidential candidate against his party’s candidate was still surprising to political watchers in Enugu state because his boy and one of the biggest financiers of his Ebe-Ano political dynasty that had ruled Enugu State since 1999 till date is vying the governorship of the state under the platform of the PDP.
Members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Nnamani hosted are, former Senate President, Ken Nnamani; APC PCC spokesman in the South-East, Dr. Josef Onoh; Chief Onyemuche Nnamani (his cousin), Hon AC Udeh, among others.
Addressing his PCC guests, Senator Nnamani stated that come February 25 2023, Tinubu would be elected the next president of Nigeria, adding that his choice was not for personal reasons but for mainstreaming of the south east into Nigeria politics.
Senator Ken Nnamani also restated his own commitment to Tinubu for the presidential bid, stating that it was in the national interest.
Spokesman of the PCC in South East, Josef Onoh said that Senator Chimaroke Nnamani had remained consistent in abiding by the Asaba, Enugu and Lagos accord of the southern governors that the next president should be of a southern origin after the northern Nigeria’s eight years in power.
“I thank Senator Chimaroke Nnamani for standing by that principle and his commitment towards ensuring that Asiwaju emerges as the next president of Nigeria. I have made it clear that time has come not just for renewed hope for Nigeria but for our future generation.
“Asiwaju as a father has come to a point where he said that what he wants to offer is a better foundation for all parts of the country and I’m with Asiwaju in that course,” Onoh said.