By Agbonkhese Oboh

The gale of defection from All Progressives Congress, APC, to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other parties has been described as a strategic plan by enemies of Ndigbo to ensure that the presidency eludes the South-East in 2023.

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A chieftain of APC in Imo State, Prince Anthony Chyma, said this in a statement yesterday in Abuja, noting that a calculated attempt is being made to thwart the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari handing over power to a candidate from the South-East in 2023.

According to him, “those defectors are out to frustrate the possibility of an Ndigbo man being president in the next dispensation. This is our chance now.

“We should not be deceived by the antics of anti-South-East politicians, who would rather die than see a man from the region become President.”

He added that “those preaching restructuring are playing on our intelligence. Can they preach it in their regions which definitely does not support such ambiguous claim? I enjoin our great leaders to jettison the call for restructuring which was coined to deceive the people of the South-East.”

Meanwhile, the APC chieftain commended Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State for placing a N20 million bounty on killers of the APC newly-elected Ideato North Local Government Area Chairman, Mr. Sunny Ejiagwu, who was murdered just four days after his election as chairman of the party.