Nigeria: Choice of Atiku's Deputy Splits South East

9 October 2018

The question of who becomes the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) standard-bearer, Atiku Abubakar, has thrown the Igbo nation into a dilemma.

While some political stakeholders in the southeast are angling for the position, saying it would bolster their demand for restructuring, others disagreed.But even while the debate rages, some prominent PDP members from the region have reportedly begun underground moves to clinch the seat. Sources said the jostling assumed feverish pitch before the party's national convention with the appointment of business mogul, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as the director of Atiku's campaign council. Posters emerged yesterday purporting to show the party's former national chairman, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, as Atiku's running mate.

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