Appoint a South-Easterner as the Commandant General of Civil Defence corp- SE APC Presidency Project Coordinator

By Oluchi Ihediuche

The National Coordinator, South-East APC Presidency Project 2023, Dr Chinedu Jideofo-Ogbuagu has urged President Mohammadu Buhari to appoint a South-Easterner as the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp.

According to him this is to relieve the shock and disbelief that most South-Easterners felt concerning the recent appointment of four military service chiefs without a South-Easterner among them.

He made the charge through a press statement made available to newsmen noting that president Buhari is a listening president and will appoint a South Easterner for the position of a chief commandant of the NSCDC in other not to be mocked by its major opposition party the PDP.

“For those of us in the frontline of marketing APC in the South-East, Mr President would help us by appointing the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp from the South-East.

“We are aware that a South-Easterner is currently Deputy Commandant General and Acting Commandant General, while another South-Easterner is Assistant Commandant General at the same security agency.

“If Mr President appoints one of them as Commandant General, the shock and disbelief that most South-Easterners feel today over appointment of four military service chiefs without a South-Easterner among them would be somewhat assuaged.

“We would respond to our PDP detractors today mocking South-East APC members that a security chief is a security chief and that the South-East has been accommodated at the NSCDC by our listening President.

“That should disarm the PDP against us. We also expect that the South-Easterner heading the NSCDC would prove his mettle and demonstrate why majority of discerning Nigerians are today backing emergence of President of Nigeria of South-East extraction on APC platform in 2023.

He further called on stakeholders of the party to out all hands on deck to ensure the growth of the APC party in the South East ahead of 2023 and should be courted with appointments, projects and contracts.

He also expressed hope that an Easterner will win the presidential election, also stressing that it will enable top positions get to the south east.

“Especially with promise of Nigeria’s president of South-East extraction in 2023, millions of South-Easterners who never voted before would not only register to vote, collect their Personal Voter’s Card (PVC) and vote, but would also join APC. And they have started, with the zone now parading two APC governors and many other big politicians and their followers expected to join our party.

“Anyone who does correct political arithmetic knows that the zone with tens of millions of untapped voting potential is the South-East.

“We expect that if a South-Easterner wins APC’s presidential ticket, APC would win the 2023 presidential election with over 50 million votes.