2023: Stakeholders call for unity, foresee danger if presidency eludes Igbo
Maduako Igbokwe l Tuesday, October 06, 2020
ONITSHA, Anambra – Former Senator that represented Anambra Central District Senator Ben Obi and former governor of Anambra state Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife and the former minister for women affairs Iyom Josephine Anieneh on Monday insisted that for the South East geopolitical zone to actualize the ambition of producing next president of Nigeria in 2023 the zone needs the support of other zones.
But the convener London Political Forum Comrade Godson Azu warned that should the zone fail to produce the next president of Nigeria the actions that would be taken by the youths of Igbo extraction would be worst than what Comrade Nnamdi Kanu led Indigenous People Of Biafra IPOB is currently doing at the moment.
They stated this while speaking at the official launching of the Global Movement for Igbo Presidency 2023 in Awka Anambra state capital.
“I wish to remind us all my dear brothers and sisters that the high political power play that characterized making Igboman a President in Nigeria makes it abundantly clear that no one will give you President on a platter of gold or based on mere ethic sentiment. Power is not given neither is power served a lat carte, but power is taken.
For us to successfully prosecute the journey to Aso Rock we must consciously pursue the programme across the zones” he said .
Also Ezeife and Anieneh noted that there should be unity among the Igbo race and that the sorry story of aspirants working against a preferred candidate should be done away with.
The convener and founder of the Global Movement for Igbo Presidency 2023 Comrade Kennedy Iyere announced that the funds for the enthronement of Igbo President would not come from the candidate nor the South East people.
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Iyere further warned that the Igbo people need to be careful in accepting a candidate imposed on them by the enemies of Ndigbo expressing fears that they may impose an Igbo man that would end up compromising the efforts of the zone.
Handing down his warning Comrade Godson Azu said” We are no longer going to watch the next election elude us and we urge our elders to be united and support us and let it be clear here that what IPOB is doing is a child’s play compared to what would happen if the Igbo man does not emerge as the next president of Nigeria’
National President of the Nigerian Union Of Journalists NUJ Mr Chris Isiguzo noted that the struggle for a President of Igbo extraction goes beyond mere speech making, insisting that it must be backed with concerted efforts on parts of stakeholders and the Igbo race in general.
