Despite Peter Obi's Popularity, APC Now Dominant Party In Southeast, Dislodges PDP, See Breakdown

• Festus Keyamo, a prominent figure in the APC/Bola Tinubu presidential campaign council, has claimed that the ruling party is now the dominant party in the southeast
• The minister claimed that despite all the noise of the Labour Party and Peter Obi, the APC was able to dislodge the PDP, who had taken the people of the region for granted over time
• According to Keyamo, the APC will still have 2 states of the region under its control, while the PDP, APGA and Labour Party will have one each

Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu/All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has shaded Peter Obi and the Labour Party over the dominance of his party in the southeast region of the country.

On Monday, March 10, Keyamo, who doubled as the minister of state for labour and employment, took to his Twitter page and claimed that the ruling APC is not the leading party in the southeast, the region where Obi got over 90% of votes during the February 25 presidential election.

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In a direct mocking of the Labour Party, the minister said despite the noise of the third force, the APC was able to dislodge the dominant Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the region by holding on to the highest number of governorship seats following March 18 guber election.

Following the outcome of the February 25 presidential election, it was opined that the Labour Party would dominate the region following the March 18 governorship election, but the third force came on the least in ranks.

According to Keyamo, the APC and Labour Party has 6 senators each, while the PDP, Young Progressives Party (YPP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have 1 each.

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On the governorship seat, APC has 2, which are Imo and Ebonyi, while the PDP (Enugu), APGA (Anambra), and Labour Party (Abia) have 1 each.

The minister alleged that the PDP had taken the people of the southeast for granted, adding that it was the reason the umbrella party lost in the region, while he commended the APC members in the region.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Mallam Umaru Altine was one of the rich glories of the Nigeria political memories as he was the first mayor of the coal city of Enugu.

The narrative of Altine painted Nigeria better than its current political milieu because Altine was a Fulani businessman who journeyed from Sokoto to the capital of the Igbo nation.

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Interestingly, Altine did not only married to an Igbo woman, Esther, but he was also a graduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe's school of political thought.

Source: Legit.ng