2023: Yakubu Gowon says Igbo presidency is welcome
- Former military leader, Yakubu Gowon, says Igbo presidency is an acceptable idea
- Gowon said a leader from the southeast could have emerged sooner if only the PDP had stuck with the rotational presidency
- The retired military general, who oversaw the Nigerian civil war, believes that since any region in the country can govern, so can the southeast
The bid of the southeast to produce the next president of Nigeria got a big boost when a former military leader of the country, Yakubu Gowon, gave the green light for an Igbo presidency.
Gowon said: “If doing so will bring peace, it should be done; if the people so desire.”
Gowon told the BBC Hausa Service in an interview that not only is the idea welcome, but it would also have come sooner if the rotational presidency system created by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been adhered to.
Legit.ng notes that Igbo presidency is currently a very popular political topic in Nigeria.
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Gowon's words also came just days before Tanko Yakasai, an elder statesman, said the southeast region can produce a Nigerian president if it gets the support of other parts of the country, especially the north.
Yakasai made the comment on Friday, January 17 during a TV appearance.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng also reported that some potential southeast aspirants for the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria began moves to lobby the United States of America for their support for Igbo presidency.
The aspirants mainly of Igbo extraction at an event in Washington, D.C. said there was a consensus that zoning helped sustain stability in Nigeria’s nascent democracy.
Among the attendees was 2019 All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, now a member of Peoples Democratic Party Charles Udeogaranya.
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