"Why I Prefer Tinubu To Atiku" — Ex Enugu Gov. Chimaroke Nnamani

Date: 29-01-2023 2:42 pm (1 year ago) | Author: onuigbo felicia
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Former Governor of Enugu state, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has said the decision of the Dr. Iyiorchia Ayu-led Peoples Democratic Party to jettison PDP’s constitutional provision which respects power rotation between the North and South was responsible for the internal wrangling within the party.

Nnamani, a PDP Senator representing Enugu East in the Senate, also said the party’s lack of respect for its rules was equally responsible for his decision to support the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu.

He said this in a statement he signed and issued in Abuja, on Sunday.

According to him, the PDP constitution prescribes that key political offices be rotated between the North and the south to ensure equity, justice, and fairness.

Nnamani said,
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“Conscious of the need to share and rotate key political offices among the diverse people of our country, the PDP constitution clearly stated that it shall adhere at all times to the policy of the rotation and zoning of the party and public elective offices in pursuance of the principle of equity, justice and fairness.

“Even when the PDP national Chairman Iyorchia Ayu made a firm commitment to step down should a Northerner emerge as Presidential candidate for 2023 election, the leadership jettisoned the constitutional provision and turned the logic upside down.

“Recall that the PDP in 2019 allowed the North to contest the primaries for the presidency in Port Harcourt, Rivers state in which Atiku Abubakar clinched the ticket and contested the election.

“It was expected that in 2023, the PDP in a corresponding manner allows the South to contest for the plum position, but the party in its decision open the contest for both the Northern and Southern aspirants.

“In a twist of events and political maneuvering, Atiku Abubakar got the ticket again.

“The outcome of the presidential primaries infuriated southern PDP faithful including the G-5 Governors who insist on respecting the North/ South rotation principle .“

Senator Nnamani further said the action of the PDP amounted to injustice and lack of equity maintaining that “it is morally wrong to leave power in the north after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023.“

The former Governor equally noted that President Buhari in recognition of the North/South power rotation created a window for political balancing that enabled Ahmed Bola Tinubu to emerge as presidential candidate.

He said “ having critically examined the situation, I found Ahmed Bola Tinubu as the preferred candidate from the south to foot the bill in 2023”.

The federal lawmaker stressed the need for political harmony in a manner that gives all parts of Nigeria a sense of belonging.

Nnamani was among several party members who were suspended by the National Working Committee of the PDP last week for anti-party activities.

Posted: at 29-01-2023 02:42 PM (1 year ago) | Addicted Hero
- gogoman at 29-01-2023 03:23 PM (1 year ago)
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UP IGBO MAN!!
Posted: at 29-01-2023 03:23 PM (1 year ago) | Grande Master
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- Ashilex at 29-01-2023 03:50 PM (1 year ago)
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Boot licker, why should  Thiefnubu contest instead of an Igbo man when it is the turn of the South.Ewu Hausa.
Posted: at 29-01-2023 03:50 PM (1 year ago) | Upcoming
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- fineboy77 at 29-01-2023 03:51 PM (1 year ago)
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That is democracy for you. He has the right to support anyone he chooses.

Posted: at 29-01-2023 03:51 PM (1 year ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Kormeijama at 30-01-2023 09:22 AM (1 year ago)
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Yah yah Chima, we know why all you educated fools are being fooled by  the fool Tinubu, because that's  what African intellectuals do- support the wrong candidate  so long their selfish  interest is secured, nothing more. Almost every  horrible leadership has been  the brain child of African elites, so your  is not the beginning  nor will it be the end of  betrayal  form your  thieving  group.
Posted: at 30-01-2023 09:22 AM (1 year ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Northrop at 30-01-2023 11:08 AM (1 year ago)
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Quote from: Ashilex on 29-01-2023 03:50 PM
Boot licker, why should  Thiefnubu contest instead of an Igbo man when it is the turn of the South.Ewu Hausa.
YOU CAN START BY TELLING US WHO TINUBU STOLE FROM AND AS FOR AND IBO MAN BEING A PRESIDENT, BE REMINDED THE ENTIRE IBO VOTES CANNOT CLINCH YOU THE PRESIDENCY. YOU HAVE TO TONE DOWN YOU SELF HATRED!!! NIGERIA WILL STAND
Posted: at 30-01-2023 11:08 AM (1 year ago) | Upcoming
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- Kormeijama at 30-01-2023 02:45 PM (1 year ago)
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Look at this scumbag, who's talking about Ibo, Igbo Hausa or Yoruba voting, the elites should be the flagbearers of political sanitisation-  voting the right people  irrespective of  religion, region of ethnicity. Unfortunately  you and your kind only feel accomplished when one of your tries man is  leading  regardless of his incapacities, sincerity and programs. As prof Lumba  frankly puts it,  elections in Africa are mostly  ' tribal censuses to  determine  which tribe got the most inflated numbers
Posted: at 30-01-2023 02:45 PM (1 year ago) | Gistmaniac
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