By Chuks Ehirim
Senior Correspondent, Abuja

The meeting which is being convened by the Second Republic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Edwin Ume Ezeoke, Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chekwas Okorie and the deputy national secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Francis Egu, is also said to be enjoying the support of the governors of Abia, Anambra and Imo states.

A source close to the conveners of the meeting scheduled to hold at ZODIAC Hotel, Enugu, said the major issues to be discussed are the crisis at the national conference and the 2007 presidency.

The source said the Igbo political leaders would decide on the position to be canvassed by South-East delegates to the conference on such issues as power rotation and tenure of office.

Majority of the delegates from the zone have insisted that the issue of power rotation must not only be inserted in the constitution, it must equally be on geo-political zones instead of North-South basis, as agreed by the elders committee of conference, headed by Professor Joe Irukwu.

Irukwu was said to have been under severe pressure from his kinsmen to work towards reversing the committee’s decision on the issue when the conference reconvenes on July 11.

The source said the main reason for convening the Enugu meeting is because Ndigbo have lost out at the conference adding: “We want to review the development at the conference, access the performance of our delegates and advise on what must be done when the conference reconvenes”.