A pressure group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)- the South-east Renaissance, has accused the South-west bloc of the party of greed, saying since it has the position of the vice president, it would be inconsiderate to again seek to produce the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The group said since the party leadership has zoned the senate presidency to the North-east, the more plausible thing to do would be to allow the South-east produce the speaker.
“From established political norms and antecedents, in the spirit of natural justice and equity, what we thought our party would have naturally bequeathed us the senate presidency or the speakership of the House of Representatives, which are now subjects of political contention and controversy.
“However, now that the party, in its wisdom, has decided to zone the senate president position to the North-east, we strongly believe that the just and equitable thing for our party to do is to zone the speakership of the House of Representatives to the South-east.
“A situation where the same geopolitical zone, which produced the vice president of the country, and the national leader of our party is seen scheming and demanding, with a bloated sense of entitlement, the speakership of the House of Representatives, smacks of political avarice, brazen injustice and grave disservice to good conscience”, the group said in a statement read by its Convener, Hon Chris-lance O. Onyemechara said Thursday in Abuja.
They argued that many years after the civil war, “the South-east and indeed the former eastern region comprising the lgbo, ltsekiri, lbibio, Tiv, Idoma, Jukun and many others are still faced with rejection, denials, deprivations and exclusion, of political and socio-economic ramifications.
“Regrettably, this scenario continues to fuel and amplify the voice of few of our agitating brothers who purport to seek the end of the union, in the absence of fairness and justice”.
Other signatories to the statement were Prince Magnus Okeke, Chukwukadibia Kalu, Collins Ohagwam, Ozochi Mmadi, Chikwelu Nnabuife and Ozobia Ifeanyi.
