Presidential Primary: Osinbajo, Lawan, Umahi fight for Imo APC delegates

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, and Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi have consulted with delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo.
The trio consulted with the delegates in separate meetings in Owerri, the Imo capital, on Tuesday, ahead of the party’s presidential primary slated for May 29.
Mr Osinbajo met with delegates from Abia and Ebonyi behind closed doors. Mr Lawan, who consulted with the delegates at the party’s secretariat in Owerri, pledged to fully accommodate the interests of the South-East geopolitical zone, if elected president.
He thanked Governor Hope Uzodimma for his “excellent leadership skills” in Imo and the South-East, promising not to let Nigerians down.
Also speaking in the course of his consultation, Mr Umahi pledged to make Nigeria proud if elected president of the nation in 2023.
He assured that his developmental strides in Ebonyi were only a glimpse of his planned developmental initiatives for Nigeria.
“It is with a deep sense of responsibility and humility that I inform you of my intention to contest for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of the All Progressives Congress come 2023,” stated Mr Umahi. “If elected President, we shall run a participatory government and, together, develop policy frameworks that will enhance the physical and social environment and tackle corruption and insecurity.”
(NAN)
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