2015: APC refutes zoning VP slot to South-West

The All Progressives Congress on Monday dismissed claims that it had zoned its vice-presidential slot to the South-West ahead of the 2015 Presidential elections.

It described as “reckless, baseless and completely unfounded” a report published by a newspaper (not The PUNCH) that it had ceded the slot to the South-West instead of the South-East.

This was contained in a statement issued by its interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

The APC said the report was orchestrated by those who were threatened by the high profile and prospects of the party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige.

It read in part, “Having realised that their attempt to milk the so-called deportation issue had fallen flat on its face, these desperate politicians have now resorted to outright lies and wild imagination.

“They figure that if they played the South-West against the South-East, by saying the APC has zoned the VP slot to the former over the latter, some people may just fall for it. This is cheap politics.”

The party assured Nigerians that the party had, at no time, discussed the issue of its presidential and vice-presidential slots, hence it could not have zoned any of the posts.

“Our party is an inclusive national party which will definitely accommodate the interest of all Nigerians in all its actions. We are therefore urging all the good people of Nigeria to ignore this fabricated story. There is no iota of truth in it,” the party said.