BY LINUS CHIBUIKE
OHANAEZE Ndigbo Worldwide has said it is morally wrong for the South West to aspire for Presidency in 2023 after President Muhammadu Buhari.
The group said the South-West had spent enough time in the Aso Villa, after eight years Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2003) and eight years of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Vice President.
Ohanaeze noted that the Igbo were more favoured by all standards to occupy the Number One seat come 2023, urging other parts of the country to support the zone.
This position was made public in a statement signed by the Secretary General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo World, Okechukwu Isiguzoro.
He condemned what he described as attempts to blackmail Igbos with the activities of Biafra agitators.
He said, “The South West has no strong claim for presidency in 2023. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo led Nigeria as President from 1999 to 2007 while Professor Yemi Osibanjo will conclude 8 years as Vice President from 2015 to 2023. So, 2023 will be the turn of the Igbo to occupy the exalted office of the president.
“Ohanaeze condemns attempts to blackmail the Igbo with activities of Biafra agitators resurrect the rhetorical questions about the activities of other ethnic militia’s activities in the past.
“Did the activities of OPC stop Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s emergence in 1999? Did the activities of the Niger Delta militants stop Dr Goodluck Jonathan from emerging the President in 2011? Did Boko Haram insurgents and bandits stop General Muhammadu Buhari in 2015?”
“Since the activities of these groups did not stop the people from the aforementioned areas from emerging Presidents of Nigeria at different times, the rise of self-determination agitators from the South East will not stop the zone from producing the president in 2023. Igbo Presidency in 2023 will rather assuage the burning flames of Biafra agitation and put Nigeria back on track for greater heights,” Ohanaeze declared.
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