There are political permutations being made in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the 2015 General Elections draws closer. The three top presidential aspirants in the persons of former head of State, General Mohammed Buhari, former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, and Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso of Kano State are vying for Okorocha to be their vice president.
However, the party leadership is not entirely sure as to whether the decision to pick their presidential candidate from the North would give the party victory in the South particularly South East and South- South where the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, had picked its presidential candidate.
Buhari and Atiku who were in Owerri at the wedding of Okorocha’s daughter, Uju, and Dr. Uzoma Anwukah, son of the Secretary to the Imo State Government, Prof. Anthony Anwukah, are also seeking Okorocha’s support at the party’s forthcoming presidential primaries.
Despite their reluctance to speak with reporters, it was however gathered that there is common understanding among APC leadership caucus to pick somebody from the South as vice president who will help to divide the votes from the zone.
Apart from Buhari and Atiku, the National leader of APC and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, National Chairman of APC, Chief John Oyegun, former Chairman of APC, and Chief Bisi Akande were also present at the wedding.
Speaking at St. Joseph’s Catholic Chaplaincy Imo State University, Owerri where the event took place, Governor Okorocha said the galaxy of Nigerians, including Muslims and Christians at the wedding, indicated that Nigerians were ready to live in unity irrespective of religion or ethnicity.
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