At a meeting held in Awka, Anambra state on

- At a meeting held in Awka, Anambra state on Saturday, July 8, Chief Chekwas Okorie said the agitation for Biafra was justified- Okorie, who is the chairman of the United Progressives Party (UPP), said hisparty has zoned the 2019 presidential slot to south-eastAs agitations for restructuring and secession continue to plague Nigeria, theUnited Progressives Party (UPP) has declared that it would field an Igbo candidate as presidential candidate in the 2019.The Punch reports that this decision was revealed by the party’s national chairman, Chief Chekwas Okorie, on Saturday, July 8.Okorie said at a stakeholders’ meeting in Awka, Anambra state the Igbos have competent people who could effectively run the affairs of the country and move it from its current economic status.