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Muslim-Muslim ticket: Ambassador quits APC, backs Obi presidency
From Chinedu Nwafor Abakaliki
A former Nigerian Ambassador to India, Maj.-Gen. Chris Eze (rtd.), has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over Muslim-Muslim ticket, even as he has endorsed the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi.
Eze who hails Udenu Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State, disclosed this in a letter dated Aug. 4, 2022, and addressed to the Chairman of the APC, Udunedem Ward in Udenu LGA, which was made available to Journalists on Friday in Enugu.
Eze said he cannot in good conscience defend the party’s Muslim – Muslim ticket in the coming campaign for the presidential election.
Eze, who was the first elected secretary of the APC in Enugu State, said that he would join the Labour Party (LP) to support the presidential candidate of the party, Mr Peter Obi.
He also said that his resignation from the APC was to support the gubernatorial and senatorial ambitions of Messers Chijioke Edeoga and Okey Ezea, respectively, in the LP.
Eze said “I cannot in good conscience defend the party’s Muslim – Muslim ticket in the coming campaign for the presidential election.
“I also can no longer bear the dictatorial manner in which the party is administered in the state.
“I believe that Obi, Edeoga and Ezea are the best candidates for presidential, gubernatorial and Enugu North Senatorial elections, respectively.”
Eze said that he was totally disgusted with the standard of governance in Enugu State and needed a platform that would make life more meaningful to the residents of the state.
