However, Akpata said that the “issue of zoning has taken a backseat” because “people want to see a competent person in government.”
He said, “Most people have dumped that hang up, if I may call it that. Most people have come to accept that zoning is a party affair, and my party decided to throw our primaries open and to allow for the best man to win. The people have also come to recognise that development knows no tribe.