Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia
As the South-East is still grumbling that it was denied the opportunity of producing the running mate to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, has reiterated that he is an Igbo man, but from Delta State in the South-South zone.
Okowa who made the claims at the Channels TV Politics Today programme on Thursday, appealed to Ndigbo in the South-East to accept him as their own.
He said his Igbo ancestry was not in doubt.
The PDP presidential candidate nominated Okowa as his running mate ahead of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel.
According to him, “in the first instance, I’m Ifeanyi and there’s no doubt that I’m an Igbo man. I’m an Igbo man in Delta State, in South-South geo-political zone. Secondly, there is no doubt that the South-East has a right of agitation and as the South-East has a right of agitation, the North-East has also continued to make claims to the Presidency because from the records available, both the North-East and South-East have not been able to go ahead and produce a President in this country as at today.”
