ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, has restated his choice for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, to become Nigeria’s next president in 2023.
Senator Nnamani, who represents Enugu-East in the Senate, expressed hope that Tinubu would be elected President on 25 February next year.
Nnamani disclosed that it was important for people to know that his support for Tinubu’s presidential ambition was not borne out of personal interest but for mainstreaming of Igboland into Nigeria’s politics.
His views were shared by some members of the Asiwaju Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) who visited his country home in Agbani in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The members included former Senate President, Ken Nnamani; APC PCC spokesman in the Southeast, Josef Onoh; Onyemuche Nnamani, and A. C. Udeh.
His words: “Come February 25, 2023, Asiwaju Tinubu will be elected the next president of Nigeria. There’s a need for people to know that my choice (for Tinubu) was not for personal reasons but for mainstreaming of the Southeast into Nigeria politics.”
On his part, the former Senate President Ken Nnamani, also restated his own commitment to Tinubu’s presidential bid, stating that it was for the national interest.
Spokesman for the PCC in South-East, Josef Onoh commended the two Nnamanis for being firm in their support for Tinubu.
He said: “I have always made it clear that time has come not just for renewed hope for Nigeria but for our future generation.”
According to him, Senator Nnamani had remained consistent in abiding by the Asaba, Enugu and Lagos accord of the Southern governors that the next president should be of a Southern origin.
Onoh said: “I thank Senator Chimaroke Nnamani for standing by that principle and his commitment towards ensuring that Asiwaju emerges the next president of Nigeria.
“Asiwaju as a father has come to a point where he said that what he wants to offer is a better foundation for all parts of the country and I’m with Asiwaju in that course.
“Your commitments to project Nigeria has renewed hope of the Southeasterners’ reintegration and your politics without sentiment is a guide to our people,.”