Southeast APC caucus adopts President Buhari for second term

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- The southeast zonal caucus of the APC commends President Buhari for infrastructural development of the southeast zone

- The group lauds the president for appointing people from the zone as chairmen and board members of federal boards and parastatals

- APC says that Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction is achievable under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari

The southeast zonal caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted President Muhammadu Buhari for second term.

The adoption was made on Sunday December 31, 2017 at Uburu, Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state.

The decision followed the high point of the outcome of the southeast zonal caucus meeting held at the home town of the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu in Uburu.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by top party chieftains from across the South-East geopolitical zone.

The decision to adopt Buhari for a second term was contained in a five-point communique issued at the end of the caucus meeting.

The communique was jointly signed by national vice chairman of the party southeast and zonal publicity secretary, Emmanuel Enukwu and Mr Hyacinth Ngwu respectively.

The document commended the president for infrastructural development of the southeast zone, job creation and empowerment programmes.

The communique also lauded Buhari for appointing people from the zone as chairmen and board members of federal boards and parastatals.

“We appreciate the Igbo’s growing support and interest in the ruling All Progressives Congress.

“It is our unshakable belief that the quest of the Igbos for the Presidency is achievable in the shortest time only in APC and that time is 2023.

“We pledge our unalloyed loyalty to APC led Federal Government under Buhari and we hereby unequivocally and unconditionally assure the President of our support for his reelection for a second term in office in the 2019 general elections.

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“The party in South-East commends the President for all the projects the government is executing in South-East particularly the abandoned Enugu-Onitsha and Enugu-Port-Harcourt high-ways, modernised second Niger Bridge, coastal and in land rail lines among others," communique read.

The caucus in the communique further commended the leadership of the APC and maintained its unalloyed support and confidence in the leadership.

The vice chairman of the party in the southeast, Chief Emma Eneukwu, stated this at a meeting of the party’s south east zonal caucus held at Uburu in Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi.

Eneukwu called on the party in the southeast to remain more united and focused especially as the 2019 general elections approaches.

He said that the party had been repositioned to capture political power in the remaining four zones in the state and called for contributions of the party leaders for the success of the party.

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