The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has slammed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for failing to zone its presidential ticket to the South.
Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Kalu, a former Abia governor, said any candidate contesting the presidency and he or she is not from the South-East is a betrayer.
He said: “We have supported South West. We supported President Obasanjo, we supported Vice President Osinbajo, we supported Vice President Jonathan for five years and we supported President Jonathan for six years. Why can’t they support us?
“Any southerner that is not from South East and is coming to run for president is a betrayer. They are the ones betraying us.”
Naija News reports that Southern candidates in the APC include: Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Rotimi Amaechi, Kayode Fayemi, Dimeji Bankole and others.
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