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2023: APC Refutes Claims Of Zoning Presidency To Southern Nigeria
- “We are not going to be pressurized by sentiments and then we do the wrong thing” – APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has not reached a consensus on which part of the country its 2023 presidential candidate will come from.
APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee made this known on Wednesday, saying no zonal arrangement has been endorsed ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by the National Secretary Caretaker Committee of APC, John Akpanudoedehe, the party disowned a viral zoning list of national officers and political positions for the 2023 presidential election..
A list had gone viral on social media with the title “APC announces zoning arrangement ahead of 2023 election year”.
In the list, the party was said to have zoned the nation’s presidency and senate presidency to the South, while its National Chairmanship was zoned to the North.
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But in the statement on Wednesday, Akpanudoedehe said the Caretaker committee didn’t discuss anything regarding zoning during its last meeting.
He disclosed that collection of data is the priority of the party at the moment and not zoning arrangements.
However, Akpanudoedehe, while dismissing the list, said: “People who are interested in running for one office or the other can speculate. As far as I am concerned, at the last Caretaker Committee meeting we had, we did not discuss that.
“That is not what we are concerned with now. What we are concerned with is data collection. How to collect data without making mistakes.
“We are not going to be pressurized by sentiments and then we do the wrong thing”
Akpanudoedehe averred that the issue of zoning goes beyond the purview of the committee as major stakeholders in the party have a say in such discourse.
He implored the public to disregard the list.
“Let me say that zoning is not for the Caretaker Committee alone. It has to do with the President, it has to do with other major stakeholders, it has to do with a lot of people.
“I want to mute the speculation. The list is not from us ( Caretaker Committee). There is no way such a decision will be taken without consulting with the President, consulting with the governors and other major stakeholders.
“People should disregard the list. We are focused on delivering our mandate and we are to do it rightly”
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