Former aviation minister and PDP chieftain Osita Chidoka argued that the South-East geopolitical region should support the party in the 2023 elections and that it would be foolish for Igbos to abandon the party they have backed since 1999.
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party and a native of the region, will allegedly challenge PDP’s hegemony in the South East, according to Chidioka.
He said it on Sunday while answering questions for the Channels Television program Sunday Politics.
“The Igbo position for me is that our significant investment in the PDP for 24 years cannot be thrown away overnight. I remain in the PDP, and many Igbos remain in the PDP,” Chidoka said.
He added that advocates of an Igbo presidency outside the PDP are not wrong, but maintained that the main opposition party is the shortest route for the Igbos to clinch the presidency.