2023 presidency: Tinubu, others visiting Buhari are unserious aspirants – Senator Kalu

Senate Chief Whip Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has declared that presidential aspirants visiting President Muhammadu Buhari to declare their ambition ahead ambition are unserious aspirants.

He said those declaring their ambition to contest the 2023 presidency so far are not fair to the feelings of Nigerians, wondering why those striving to rule Nigeria don’t have feelings for Nigerians.

CAPITAL POST recalled that the National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu had on Monday last week, visited President Muhammadu Buhari where he made his presidential ambition known.

He told the State House Correspondents that he has informed President Buhari, adding that ruling Nigeria has been his lifelong ambition.

“They are not serious. A serious minded person will like to be fair to Nigeria, to be fair to the society and be fair to the atmosphere because this party is not owned by me or by you the press people. It is only APC people that can decide where the party ticket will go to,If they zone it to the Southeast I have all it takes to make a good President”.

The former governor of Abia State said though he was not desperate to contest the presidential election, stressed that he would pursue his presidential ambition
with other geopolitical zones of the country, saying that he will commence nationwide consultation at the right time.

Fielding questions from journalists at the National Assembly on Wednesday, a day after he visited President Buhari at the Presidential villa on Tuesday night, the Senate Chief Whip emphasised that the Presidential contest will be the collective decision of Nigerians and the zoning arrangement of the Political parties particularly his party the ruling All Progressive’s Congress.

Speaking on whether he went to inform President Buhari, he said, his visit to President Buhari was a usual one.

He his relationship with Buhari has spanned for years before he became President, disclosing that their discussions were centred on national issues with regards to security, electoral laws and the welfare of the country.

He said “This is not the first time I’m going to see the President. People usually go in the afternoon but I went in the night to avoid the press.

“I go there regularly.It’s a family affair and I went there to discuss national issues with regards to security, well being of our country and the issue of the electoral law and the discussion was very fruitful.

Kalu insisted that the Southeast region was overdue to Produce the next President of the country, he added that there were only two zones yet to produce the President which were the Southeast and Northeast geo Political zones.

“Has the party zoned the ticket to the Southeast? It’s only when the party zone is officially to the South. I have said before that there are only two zones that have not been President : the Southeast and the Northeast. Once it’s zoned to the Southeast I have the capacity and the capability I will roll out my campaign and rock like a hurricane”.

“It’s overdue for an Igboman to become a Nigerian President, I believe the Southeast should produce the next President and it’s going to happen ”.