Ex-National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Chairman, Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), George Muoghalu, has said that the president, Muhammadu Buahri, did not pledge to hand over power to ex-governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The NIWA Chairman, who spoke to journalists in Imo State on Saturday, said that the chances of the Igbo succeeding Buahri were now brighter.
Muoghalu stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) needed to capture more Southeast states.
Muoghalu said that the president had been fair to the Southeast zone, but that the Igbo needed more dividends of democracy from Buhari that was why they accused him of marginalising the zone.
The former APC national secretary said that the ruling party would win Anambra State in 2021 with a quality candidate it would present for the governorship election.
The NIWA Chairman said that with the APC taking over Imo State, the ruling party was penetrating the grassroots in the South East zone.
Muoghalu said that he was satisfied with the reconciliation approach the party had adopted in the disputes in the Imo State chapter of the APC.
“Who told you that the president promised to hand over power to Tinubu? There was nothing like that, people should stop speculating.
“I am optimistic that the APC has brighter chances of producing the president in 2023 but we need to win more states. With a quality candidate, APC will win Anambra in 2023. The president is doing a lot of good things in the South East but like Oliver Twist, our people want more from the federal government,” he said.