Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Monday gave the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seven days ultimatum to zone the 2023 presidential slot to the southeast zone of the country.
Addressing Newsmen in Abakaliki, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru made it clear that if the demands of the House Members were not met, it will pave way for dire consequences for the Party in the State.
Nwifuru who explained that the southeast zone has lots of qualified personalities to run for the presidential position in 2023 added that the zone had paid its dues in the political arena, in order to position it for the presidential slot on the 18 February 2023 Presidential election.
Meanwhile, many political actors have speculated that the State House of Assembly members were preparing the ground for their eventual defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), not minding some dissenting voices within them.
