Atiku: ADC elevated personal interest above national cohesion – APC chieftain, Okechukwu

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu connected Thursday, said the emergence of Atiku Abubakar arsenic the statesmanlike campaigner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has raised superior concerns implicit the unforced mistake of elevating idiosyncratic ambition supra the zoning convention.

Okechukwu said since the advent of the Fourth Republic, zoning has mostly guaranteed nationalist cohesion, patriotism, fairness, and a consciousness of belonging among Nigerians.

He said it amounts to governmental opportunism for the ADC to disregard the zoning rule astatine a clip erstwhile virtually each large governmental parties similar APC, PDP, LP, NDC and a bulk of Nigerians subscribe to rotational presidency successful the overriding nationalist interest.

In a connection helium signed, the erstwhile Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, said by its action, the ADC has “chosen to instrumentality Nigeria to the aged and divisive North-versus-South governmental morass, which made Rotimi Amechi cull the connection of vice president.

He stressed that “Nigeria’s unity remains non-negotiable and that nary individual’s governmental ambition should supersede nationalist cohesion, arsenic cipher tin beryllium president successful a crisis-ridden country.”

Okechukwu further argued that with “Nigeria entangled successful palpable insurgency, it is astir patriotic and due that each bluish governmental gladiators but 1 are patien...