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As the Board of Trustees (BoT) and National Caucus of the PDP meet today to discuss issues affecting the party, Jubrin yesterday called for dialogue with the South-east over the agitations that the presidential ticket of the party should be allotted to the zone.

The BoT and the National Caucus of the party are billed to meet in Abuja today.

Jubrin told THISDAY that as the main advisory organ of the party, the PDP must be ready to dialogue with the South-east over the zoning of the party’s presidential ticket.

He said: “We are the main advisory organ of the party, constitutionally recognised, we must be ready to dialogue with the Igbo. We lose nothing in dialogue. We must dialogue with them.

“They are not outsiders. The Igbo are part and parcel of the PDP. They are part of our backbone. They cannot be wished away.

“The Igbo contributed a lot in the making of the PDP. We must listen to them in the same way a father listens to his son. This is politics. We need the South-east.

“Today, the entire South-south zone belongs to the PDP. We are happy about it. In the same way, we must ensure that we do all that is necessary to listen to the Igbo and discuss with them as a family.

“It is not politically right to keep quiet, while other political parties are making overtures to them. They are humans and have interest to protect.”

He explained that other political parties cannot be strategising on the 2023 elections and the PDP will be left out.

It was also gathered that the Ohanaeze Igbo has made Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu chairman of a body to select a replacement for Chief John Nwodo, the outgoing president of the Igbo socio-cultural body, with the sole aim to electing a new president who will ensure that the presidential ticket of the two main political parties are zoned to the South-east.

THISDAY gathered that the Ohanaeze position on 2023 presidential election is that the South-east should support any political party that gives its presidential ticket to the zone.

tysontim:
Like joke like joke SE presidency is being taken serious. Kudos to umahi

tysontim:
Like joke like joke SE presidency is being taken serious. Kudos to umahi

tysontim:
Like joke like joke SE presidency is being taken serious. Kudos to umahi

Davash222:
Umahi in APC can not win a polling unit in Ebonyi State.

flyingpig:
you just open mouth and waaaaaaa rubbish go drop.

People wey dey cross ebonyi for express way pass go enugu or abia or calabar go feel them know anything about ebonyi.

omenka:
When I created that thread about how shabbily PDP has been treating the East from 1999, and how deserving they are of the party's 2023 ticket, people like Racoon and Pachukwudi44 called me names, claiming the East doesn't deserve it (and these ones claim to be Igbo men. Wonder why they are averse to an idea such as that).

With the benefit of hindsight, I foresaw a time

flyingpig:
mr man edit am on time make i see am give u befitting reply. No edit am when i don go work

Davash222:
Since I don't know anything about Ebonyi, na you wey from Ogbomoso wan tell me about Ebonyi

flyingpig:
who says I'm from ogbomosho? Come my mail let me snap and send you my voters card

Na ohaukwu LGA, ebonyi state. You go see am

Davash222:
B4 deceiving yourself.
You're now denying your heritage cos of mere 30K stipends. smh

omowolewa:
The beauty of it is that, the people of the states still like PDP so APC should take am easy.

The two APC states were given through back doors of the court or defection.

flyingpig:
umahi should be remembered for fighting for the right of the SE.