LAGOS -
The two leading presidential candidates, President Goodluck Jonathan and
Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) are today and tomorrow shifting their focus on
the South-East with separate bids for the zone’s 6.6 million voters.
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| BUHARI & JONATHAN |
The All
Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Buhari, is trying to
puncture the seeming strength of President Jonathan in the South-East with
rallies and town hall meetings in the zone today.
The
tension shadowing the efforts of the two contenders are expected to be tempered
today at a joint meeting between the two contenders and President John Mahama
of Ghana.
The
meeting, it was understood, is expected to provide an opportunity for the two
major contenders again to pledge a determination to abide by the rules of the
contest.
The APC candidate is expected to attend a strategic meeting of the party’s
governors and senior party officials in Owerri today. Buhari
is also expected to preach his message of change at the South-East zonal rally
holding on the sidelines of the meeting of the governors and senior party
officials.
Following the meeting, the APC candidate is to proceed to Onitsha where he is
expected to have an interactive session with traders and religious leaders in
the commercial city.
Buhari,
according to campaign officials, is also expected to provide assurances to the
traders during the session of his determination to ensure a conducive
environment for their businesses to flourish.
Buhari’s
visit to Onitsha is coinciding with a visit to the same town by First Lady,
Patience Jonathan, who is also scheduled to hold a women sensitisation rally in
the commercial city.
Mrs.
Jonathan, who has maternal links to the South-East, is expected to appeal to
the sentiments of her Igbo brothers and sisters in keeping their in-law in
office.
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