Supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan have launched a grassroots mobilization for All Progressive Congress presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the southeastern and southern geopolitical zones.
The group had previously supported Tinubu in November under the auspices of the Nigerian Citizens Network for Peace and Development.
In a statement released after the grassroots movement began in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers, Coalition Secretary of State Francis Wayneway opposed the idea of appointing another Northerner to replace the president. announced that it is retd.) 8 years later.
Wayneway, who has made a cash donation of N1 million pounds to support Tinub’s campaigns in his two geopolitical zones, said the group needed to ensure that the next president would emerge from the South. I vowed to do anything.
CNPDN was one of the few coalitions to openly push Goodluck Jonathan to contest a presidential ticket on his APC platform earlier this year. Goodluck Jonathan, who had promised to be well advised in advance, canceled at the last minute, paving the way for Tinubu to get the party tickets.
But Wayneway, a Bayelsa native, told reporters on Monday that supporters had unanimously decided to support Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.