Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday, declared interest in the 2023 governorship contest in Enugu State, declaring that those flaying the kites of zoning in the state are being economical with the truth. THE GUARDIAN reports.

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According to THE GUARDIAN, Ekweremadu described the ongoing debate in the state about zoning arrangement as a “travesty of politics,” insisting that it was being used by politicians in the state to garner sympathy to, in the long run, impose an unpopular aspirant on the people.

“I challenge any person, who said there is zoning in Enugu politics, to say where and when it was discussed and agreed in the state. It is treachery of politics. I was never a product of zoning, and if there was zoning, I won’t be in the Senate five times. I had always contested and my people, during those days, elected me. The position I occupied as Deputy President of Senate was not out of zoning. When David Mark became Senate President, he wanted someone he could work with and that was how I came in,” he said. Information Guide Nigeria

“But Enugu West has only produced governor once in Sullivan Chime. So, where is the equity? I am strong in saying that Enugu West has seriously been marginalised in the power-sharing arrangement,” Ekweremadu added. jamb results