Nigeria, April 11 -- Two other groups have urged the All Progressives Congress to zone the position of the speaker to their respective zones in the 9th Assembly.

One of them, the APC South East Renaissance Group (ASERG) which made this known during a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja said the South-east deserves the position.

The other, the North Central Progressive Forum (NCPF), wants the position zoned to the North-central region.

The South-east group said the region has long been excluded and "all it needs is to be included as the politics of exclusion has not yielded much political dividend".

"But many years down the line, the South-east and indeed the former eastern region comprising the lgbo, ltsekiri, lbibio, Tiv, Idoma, Juku...