I got only 198,000 votes from south-east, yet they have four senior ministers – Buhari laments

In a move to allay fears that he harbours a bias against the south-east, President Muhammadu Buhari made it clear that he appointed four senior ministers from the zone where he got only 198,000 votes in 2015.

Speaking on Thursday at a dinner for chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, Buhari said he is fully aware of the issues confronting the country.

“There is something that hit me very hard and I am happy I hit it back at somebody. Seven states of the north are only represented in my cabinet by junior ministers, ministers of state.

“In south-east, I got 198,000 votes but I have four substantive ministers and seven junior ministers from there.

“You are closer to the people than myself now that I have been locked up here, don’t allow anybody to talk of ethnicity. It is not true,” the president said.

Buhari scored 198,248 votes in the five south-east states while Jonathan got 2,464,906 in the 2015 presidential election.

Culled from TheCable