In a response to the call by elder statesman, Chief Edwin K. Clark, on Delta State Governor and the party’s vice presidential candidate in the election, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to step down for allegedly betraying the South, a spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Mr.
“As an administration here in Delta and as a political party, the PDP, our presidential campaign council has enormous respect for Clark on many grounds as an elder statesman, as somebody who has played very wonderful roles in our country as a former minister, and as a Nigerian allowed by the constitution to have an opinion on issues we will continue to give to him.
Aniagwu reminded Clark that when former President Goodluck Jonathan sought re-election in 2015, to the consternation of the North, his running-mate, Namadi Sambo, was not embarrassed by the North for supporting a southerner, adding: “So, for our elder statesman to cast aspersions on Okowa and label him a betrayer cannot be in the interest of nationalism. If someone must be patriotic, as Clark has shown over time, his recent comments do not suggest the way for our continued unity.
“Elders and everybody must try as much as possible to bury their sentiments under the need for us to be nationalistic. We need a united country that can survive beyond the election and build for us to call home even beyond the elections. So, any comment that fuels such division cannot be in the interest of current and coming generations.”
So, Nigeria's unity is only designed to work when a Fulani is ruling?