Nwajiuba gives reasons for shunning APC presidential primaries

Immediate past Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has given reasons for shunning the All Progressives Congress presidential primaries holding at the Eagles Square, Abuja.

A relative, Chinedum Nwajiuba who issued a statement on his behalf, said the former minister failed to attend the primaries because the party failed to zone the presidency to the South East as earlier agreed by the leadership of the party.

“The understanding from the highest levels prior to his involvement, and considering his role in the founding of the APC, was that of consensus as was with the National Chairmanship a few months ago.

“With that understanding, the presidential ticket was to come to the South, and the south-east.

“This has been the hope till the end of the negotiations. He, not wanting to be part of the Dollar and Naira bazaar, is convinced that what Nigeria needs now is no more of the same thing that has kept Nigeria at the low level it has been.

“Our challenges as a country cannot be addressed at the same energy level by which they were created,” the statement said.

Nwajiuba had earlier joined other aspirants in rejecting the decision of the APC governors to prune the presidential list to five.