Enyinnaya Abaribe, minority
leader of the senate, says it is non-negotiable for an Igbo persons to become
Nigeria’s next president.
The senator spoke in Imo on
Wednesday when he was presented with a “legacy merit award” by the state
chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).
According to PUNCH, Abaribe, who
was represented at the event by Chijioke Ukoh, one of his aides, added that he
would continue to advocate for fairness for the south-east.
He said not continuing with such
advocacy would subject the Igbo to “second class citizens.”
He was also quoted as telling the
Igbo to “remain firm and resolute” notwithstanding the challenges facing the
region as well as allegations of marginalisation.
The comment comes amid the
growing clamour from south-east leaders for an Igbo to become president come
the 2023 elections.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex
socio-cultural organisation in the south-east, had recently made a similar
case, saying that Nigeria will be transformed if the next president comes from
the south-east.
“The exploits of Igbo sons and daughters both
within and outside the country are indices of the cerebral capability and
ingenuity of the people which Nigeria could exploit to advance its
development,” Nnia Nwodo, the group’s president-general, had said.
“The Federal Government should
stop marginalising and victimising the Igbo in the country so that the latent
creative potentials could be harnessed for the good of all. Nigeria would
witness a turn around in her fortunes if a president of Igbo extraction was
allowed to emerge in 2023.”
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