Former Abia State Governor and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has said he will be ready to contest the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential ticket with former fovernor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu if the party zones the position to the South.
Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Kalu said while he had nothing against the aspiration of Tinubu, he believed that the Southeast was ripe for the Presidency and that it should be the turn of the zone to produce the next President.
He said he should be the one to step in the saddle to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
Kalu said he had all that “it takes to match Tinubu grit for grit and campaign for campaign if need be for the APC ticket in 2023.”
Tinubu had on Monday informed President Buhari at a meeting in Aso Rock Presidential Villa that he had thrown his hat in the ring for the 2023 presidential race.
Tinubu had last November visited Kalu in his Villa mansion where he intimated the federal lawmaker about his presidential ambition.
But these shuttle diplomatic visits have not innany way precluded Southeast agitation for the 2023 presidency.
Kalu is one of the few APC gladiators from the Southeast zone expected to take a shot at the APC ticket preparatory to the 2023 presidential contest.
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