2023: Governor Okezie Ikpeazu Makes Case for Southeast Presidency
- Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia, says people from the southeast understand Nigeria better than those in other regions
- The Abia state governor made the statement while making a case for power to shift to the southeast in the year 2023
- Ikpeazu, who spoke to State House correspondents after meeting President Buhari, said it is the turn of the Igbos to rule Nigeria
Aso Rock - Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has said the southeast should be considered for the position of president of Nigeria in 2023 because they know the country more than other people.
Governor Ikpeazu also said that the southeast should not look at the 2023 presidency as a right, rather they should negotiate with other parts of the country on the need to allow the zone to produce the president of the country.
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He made the comments while fielding questions from State House correspondents on Thursday, December 30 after President Muhammadu Buhari granted his audience at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja
Ikpeazu noted that Igbos are pan-Nigerians who live and invest everywhere in the country, advising political parties to consider the yearnings and aspirations of the southeast in selecting their presidential candidates.
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His words:
“I think that the southeasterners have a right to take a shot at the presidency of Nigeria and I dare say that our qualification starts from the fact that we understand and know Nigeria better than the other states of Nigeria.
“I dare say, this is my opinion. We go everywhere, we are everywhere, we invest everywhere, we are pan-Nigerian people.
“Today, a lot of people, on a lighter note are afraid of Sambisa. But for an Igbo man, Sambisa is a business opportunity. So, it will be preposterous of me not to add my voice to that one.
“However, the question of Nigeria president of southeast extraction is a national question that requires negotiation, discussion, and conversation with all parts of this country and I am least qualified to determine what happened in 2023.”
Ohanaeze Ndigbo insists on Igbo presidency ahead of 2023
In a related development, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor, has declared that the current insecurity rocking southeast cannot be an excuse to deny the region the opportunity to produce the next president of the country in 2023.
He said that insecurity was not peculiar to the southeast, adding that it is a poisoned arrow deliberately fired on the geo-political zone.
Obiozor made the assertion during his Christmas and New Year message sent to Legit.ng on Friday, December 17.
2023: Northeast group canvasses support for Orji Uzor Kalu
Meanwhile, a group from the northeast region - Uzor Kalu Support Group (UKSUG) has urged the Chief Whip of the Senate and former governor of Abia state, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to run for the 2023 presidential election.
The group said Senator Kalu has wide contacts and acceptance across the country to run for the 2023 presidency.
The coordinator of UKSUG in the northeast, Mohammed Ajiji who said this in a statement seen by Legit.ng, added that the group believes that Senator Kalu has the professional and business acumen required to consolidate on the gains so far recorded by the Buhari administration.
Source: Legit.ng
