Former Governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Aliyu has said that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has agreed to re-zone the presidency to the northern region despite its agreement that any candidate can contest the election.

Dr Babangida Aliyu disclosed this on Friday when the Atiku Support Organisation visited him in Minna, adding that he is confident of the success of the group.

He also assured them of his support.

“In our zoning agreement, we have agreed to re-zone the North as requested by others but we have agreed written openly as a result of what has happened that any candidate from any part of the country can now contest this election,” Aliyu said.

He added that the group has done wonderfully well by going round nooks and crannies of the country to ensure that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerges as the party flag bearer and is elected President of Nigeria come 2023.

The National Coordinator of the group, Dr Victor Moses, thanked the former governor for his continued support for Atiku Abubakar even as 2023 approaches.

Former Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd.); former Director of Operations Department of State Services DSS, Chief Ray Nkemdirim, have thrown their weight behind the agitation for power shift to Isuikwuato district of Abia State come 2023.

The former COAS during a courtesy visit to the Chairman of Abia Founding Fathers Association, Elder Dr Onyike James Onyike, appealed to the various political parties in the state not to truncate the power rotation arrangement put in place by the founding fathers of the state.

Gen. Ihejirika who is a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress APC, said that the position of the founding fathers was “in tune with the letters of the Abia Charter of Equity, peace, fairness & justice”.

The former COAS appluaded Abia founding fathers for supporting power shift to Isuikwuato district come 2023 in the spirit of Abia Charter of Equity.

He described position as “a landmark decision by the Founding Fathers in demonstration of their love for brotherhood and peaceful coexistence in the state they fought so hard to get”.

Ihejirika and Nkemdirim insisted that the Isuikwuato district comprising Isuikwuato and Umunneochi councils which represent the letter “I” in the Abia acronym, remained the only bloc yet to take a shot at the governorship seat of the state.

They equally maintained that Isuikwuato district parades an array of competent and experienced governorship materials in different political parties, who, if given the opportunity, would ” transform Abia State”.

The former COAS pledged his determination, commitment and support for the agitation for power shift to lsuikwuato come 2023.

Ihejirika thanked God for the exemplary lifestyle of the elder statesman who he described as a highly patriotic and true Abian.

Responding, Dr Onyike thanked Ihejirika his entourage, promising to convey their message of goodwill to the Founding Fathers.

The octogenarian said that the founding fathers would not hesitate to volunteer their wise counsel at any point to help move the state forward

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged Nigerians, especially, the Igbo, to learn how to trust President Muhammadu Buhari.

Kalu, speaking yesterday at his Igbere country home during a meeting with leaders of OUK Movement and Reality Organisation in Bende Local Government of Abia State, said the Igbo should believe and trust Buhari.

The former Abia State governor, who described the President as a disciplined leader, noted that he (Buhari) might surprise the Igbo (against their general perception of Buhari).

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According to Kalu, Buhari has done more notable economic projects in the Southeast than other past leaders against the general belief that he (Buhari) doesn’t have regards for the Southeast.