{"id":27092,"date":"2020-08-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27092"},"modified":"2020-08-12T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:00:08","slug":"2023-south-east-ripe-for-vice-president-not-president-imo-apc-chieftain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27092","title":{"rendered":"2023: South East ripe for vice president not president \u2013Imo APC chieftain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vitalis-Orikaeze-Ajumbe.jpg\" alt=\"2023: South East ripe for vice president not president \u2013Imo APC chieftain\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Imo State, Professor Vitalis Orikaeze Ajumbe has said that the South-East region was not ripe to produce Nigeria\u2019s President in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/Ndigbo\">Ndigbo<\/a>&nbsp;were not united and would fight themselves if allowed to produce the next president, adding that what the South-East needed was the position of the vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ajumbe, a former commissioner of Information, Tourism and Public Utilities in Imo State, stated this when he spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former chairman of the defunct All Nigerian People\u2019s Party (ANPP) also backed the position of Mamman Daura for the zoning arrangement to be jettisoned in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, zoning was responsible for what the country is suffering currently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the argument on zoning and where the next president should come from, Ajumbe said, \u201cThe argument is that the North has not equaled the South. South had 14 years and North 10years, in doctrine of necessity, the North may be right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we need is good governance irrespective of where the person comes from. I don\u2019t really cherish zoning because what destroyed Nigeria is this zoning thing, why can\u2019t we really search round and get who can govern Nigeria very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLook at the Abiola time we had Muslim Muslim ticket, we want that kind of spirit now, zoning breeds mediocrity, it will not give Nigeria what it wants. Let\u2019s allow merit to play, merit will play when we have a good system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When was asked if his position was not in opposition to the clamour by Ndigbo to be allowed to produce the next president, the APC politician said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Igbo\u2019s are not United, they will fight themselves. An Anambra man will not want another person outside Anambra to succeed. Who is the rallying point. The only thing I can say is that we need the Vice President, then we can have a rallying point\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Imo State, Professor Vitalis Orikaeze Ajumbe has said that the South-East region was not ripe to produce Nigeria\u2019s President in 2023. 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