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Six presidential aspirants from the South-east have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to name one of them as his preferred presidential candidate ahead of voting at the ongoing national convention of the party in Abuja.
The aspirants who made the call in a letter to the president, dated June 6, are: Ikeobasi Mokelu, Ogbonnaya Onu, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Dave Umahi, Rochas Okorocha and the only woman among them, Uju. Ahanenye.
The aspirants commended Mr Buhari for approving the position of the 14 northern governors of the party that the presidential candidate of the party should be picked from the southern part of the country.
“Your Excellency, we most humbly request that this position of our brothers from the North be deepened and made even more wholesome by further zoning this position to the South-East.
“We are all aware that no President can emerge without the support of various geopolitical zones and without the express collaboration of our brothers and sisters from other zones of Nigeria.
“With our Convention at hand, your kind directive for the deepening of unity in diversity, championed by our founding fathers solely on the basis of strengthening national unity and cohesion and for rousing victory at the 2023 elections, are stated objectives in your speeches to the Progressive governors forum, the APC aspirants dinner and the meeting of APC stakeholders.
“Furthermore, we are humbly requesting that you consider and pick your chosen candidate from the South-East aspirants in line with your stated objectives of handing over to trusted party…
