The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor has reiterated his stance that the Presidency of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan will bring equity, justice and fairness, as he comes from the North East region.
Kalu, a former Abia State governor, warned the presidential aspirants that no amount of money will buy the office of the President of Nigeria. He cited that the electorate will still vote their conscience.
He urged President Muhammadu Buhari and APC delegates to pick Ahmad Lawan as the consensus candidate for the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, in the coming primary election, stressing that North East and South East are the only region that have not produced President of Nigeria in the Democratic dispensation.
Kalu said since the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has elected a presidential candidate from North East, then it will be ideal for APC to pick a consensus candidate from the same region in the absence of the South East.
In a statement he personally signed, Kalu said he believes that Ahmad Lawan is the Nigerians can trust to bring equity, justice and sense of belonging to every region of the country.
The statement reads: “The earliest Nigerians and presidential aspirants understand that no amount of money can buy the president of the country, the better for everyone.
“It is only cohesion and consensus among the regions that can produce a president. If you throw in money, majority of the electorates will collect the money but still vote according to their conscience.
“If money can buy the office of the president of Nigeria, Late MKO Abiola could have bought it with extra change. If money can buy the president, former President Goodluck Jonathan could have bought the presidential seat in 2015.
“I urge President Muhammed Buhari to consider giving Nigeria a man who can give the entire country a sense of belonging; fix our economy; secure all parts of the country; take education very serious and protect his legacy.
“The man Nigerians can trust is Senator Ahmad Lawan.
“Picking Ahmad Lawan as the consensus candidate of the APC will heal and stabilize the country as it is the closest to equity, justice and fairness.
“I strongly believe that the fairness Nigerians need is to produce a president from the South East of Nigeria. In the absence of the South East, it is the North East.
“These two regions are the only ones yet to produce the president of Nigeria and since the opposition has gone North East, it is ideal and wise that the APC go North East.
“I am sure Nigerians will not waste their votes on any candidate that is not from the two regions in the next year general elections and following years.
