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According to the Secretary, Abia State APC, Perfect Okorie, the APC-led government, despite propaganda being sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party, has demonstrated a genuine commitment to the development of the South East in view of the number of projects being executed in the region.

The issue of who succeeds Buhari in 2023, which the South East has consistently laid claim to, has become heightened based on the reasoning that if the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, wins, he might contrary to promise opt for a second term, delaying other zones taking a shot at the presidency till 2027.

Following reports of alleged opposition to the emergence of a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate for the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a pan-Igbo sociopolitical pressure group, the South East Revival Group, described the purported move by some leaders in the region as “selfish and counterproductive”.