Senate president, Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday, stormed Owerri, Imo State capital to consult with Governor Hope Uzodinma and delegates of the APC in the southeast ahead of the party’s presidential primary.
The senate president, speaking when he met with the party’s stakeholders, said Uzodimma presented his completed nomination form to contest for the position of the President of the country come 2023.
Lawan who described Uzodimma as the “Lion of the Southeast” said he had been a “major pillar in all my political journey since we started.
“He was at the forefront in 2015, you know he was a Senator, he wanted me to be Senate President. He worked so hard tirelessly.
“But today, to the Glory of God, this our brother, the Governor of Imo state, has worked so hard to also keep this campaign going. Actually, he presented my completed nomination form.”
On his part, Uzodinma told the senate president that he saw hope in him and that they were behind his Presidential ambition.
The Imo governor said it was clear that President Muhammadu Buhari would have to give recommendations and guidance on the succession plans but prayed that the President would see what some of them had seen.