I May Withdraw From Presidential Race – Orji Kalu

I May Withdraw From Presidential Race – Orji Kalu

The chief whip of the Senate, Chief Orji Kalu, has stated that he would Withdraw from the 2023 presidential contest if the All Progressive Congress fails to zone her presidential ticket to the South-East geo-political zone, aso Naija gathered.

He said in the absence of such zoning, he would seek re-election to the Senate to continue representing the Abia North Senatorial zone in the 10th Senate.

Kalu, who made this public in a statement on Tuesday titled ‘The Fairness I Know’ insisted that there is no fairness in zoning the APC presidential ticket to Southern Nigeria and not South East, which has never produced the president.

The statement read, “It is my desire and intention to run for the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I am committed to this pursuit, but I can’t make an official declaration to this regard without the full support of other regions.

“Everywhere in the world, politics is situational and that of Nigeria is exceptionally situational.

“The situation in Nigeria is that without the support of other regions, it would amount to a shadow chase for a South Easterner to be President. This is the reason I have been in the frontline of the call that the two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party should zone their presidential tickets to the South East as they did for the South West in 1999.

“In the absence of this zoning, I shall return to the Senate and stay away from the presidential contest. The reality is that the North is more advantageous to win elections in this democratic setting.