Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has
said it would not be out of place for either Rotimi Amaechi or Nyesom Wike to
succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
The Igbo group spoke through a statement made available by
its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro.
He said the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide had broadened its
search for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction beyond the scope of the
South-East zone to include “our own in the South-South Nigeria.”
According to him, “it became necessary for the Igbo to
jettison artificial separation through boundary adjustment by the Military and
then reunite with our kith and kin in the Niger-Delta region.”
He noted that “the Ohanaeze Ndigbo constitution written by
our founding fathers, in their wisdom, enshrined that Anioma in Delta and
Ikwerre in Rivers State are part of Igbo speaking States, as we have seen in
Late Amb Raph Uwechue and late Col Joe Achuzia from Anioma in Delta State, who
led Ohanaeze Ndigbo as President-General and Secretary-General, respectively,
likewise Dim Uche Okwukwu from Ikwerre in Rivers State, who is the immediate
past Secretary-General Ohanaeze Ndigbo”.
Isiguzoro added that, “Governors Okezie Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi
Ugwuanyi have not abandoned the quest for the Igbo to succeed President Buhari
in 2023 through their perceived support for the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom
Wike, rather both South-East Governors are reading the writing on the wall that
the 2023 Presidential election might be APC Ikwerre Vs PDP Ikwerre (Amaechi Vs
Wike).
“Moreover, Obio Akpo and Mbiama are part of Ikwerre, Igbo
speaking part of Rivers State, and we are very committed to Igbo aspirations
for the Presidency. You also know that the next leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
will come from Rivers State in 2025″.
He, however, said the apex Igbo organization was yet to
decide on the politician to support for the 2023 presidency.
“Imeobi (the apex Igbo decision-making organ of Ohanaeze
Ndigbo) will take decision on the 2023 election after the Presidential
Primaries in the APC and the PDP.
“But right now, the Ohanaeze leadership congratulates all
Igbo presidential hopefuls from the Southeast and the South-South. Nigeria will
be better if any of these aspirants succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in
2023.
“We are calling for consensus among the contenders in the
APC and the PDP to allow Igbo to be the consensus flag bearers in both leading
political parties,” he further stated.
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