{"id":138663,"date":"2022-01-23T12:46:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T11:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=138663"},"modified":"2022-01-23T12:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T11:46:49","slug":"i-will-not-decline-if-south-east-wants-me-to-contest-presidency-says-pat-utomi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/23\/i-will-not-decline-if-south-east-wants-me-to-contest-presidency-says-pat-utomi\/","title":{"rendered":"I will not decline if south-east wants me to contest presidency, says Pat Utomi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A professor of political economy, Pat Utomi has stated that he would have no problem if the south-east tips him to run for the presidency in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Many observers and stakeholders have been advocating for the presidency to be zoned to the south-east region for, what a few of them described as &#8220;equity, fairness and justice&#8221; with the<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 2023 general election fast approaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Many presidential hopefuls from the south-east have announced their ambition to that end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a chat with Arise TV on Saturday, Utomi said he\u2019d not hesitate to run for the seat if the people of the south-east deem him fit to represent them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The professor, who hailed from Igbuzo, an Igbo community in Oshimili North LGA of Delta state, however, added that \u201coffice and power have very little attraction to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIf people come to me and say, \u2018Look! We have looked at your background. We have looked at your whole life of service, and we think you are the candidate that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/13\/yoruba-nation-fg-intimidating-benin-republic-to-detain-sunday-igboho-gani-adams\/\">Igbo nation<\/a> needs to offer to Nigeria, I would have no problem with that. But, am I driven by the very fact of position?\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cLook, there are people who have been President in Nigeria, who if you give me their place in history; I would rather never have held any office in Nigeria than be what history would remember them as. 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