As Nigeria approaches the 2023 general elections, there are rumors that the Igbos may refuse to accept the vice-presidential position.
The Southeast has been advocating for Igbos for a Nigerian president of Igbo descent, and the movement has gained popularity.
On multiple occasions, prominent leaders and pressure groups from the southeast have asked Nigerians to elect the Igbo speaking tribe as the country’s next president.
Remember that Chuks Ibegbu, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, asked potential presidential candidates from the North to back the Igbos in their drive to create a Nigerian president in 2023.
Atiku Abubakar, Aminu Tambuwal, Yahaya Bello, Bala Mohammed, and Bukola Saraki, according to Ibegbu, should abandon their presidential ambitions and help the Igbos.
While calling for a Nigerian president of Igbo descent, the first Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, warned that if the North kept the presidency, Nigeria would dissolve.
Amaechi warned that if the two major political parties decide to field candidates from the north, Nigeria will erupt.
Ibegbu said: “No way, it’s presidency or nothing. We are not second class citizens in Nigeria and will never be. We would rather we watch Nigeria unfold an unjust political higgery pokkery than accept vice president. Are we only good for VP or what?
“What is wrong if we become president? Look, if nobody in Igbo land is ready to battle for president till the end, I chuks Ibegbu will come out and I will win. After all, I am better than most people that have been at Aso Rock since 1999.”
SOURCE: www.NaijaOnPoint.com
