An Igbo sociocultural association, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has re-echoed the call for an Igbo to emerge Nigerian president in 2023.
It should be noted that Ohaneze Ndigbo world wide is different from Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the more popular one headed by George Obiozor.
Reacting to a statement made by a former minister of works, Adeseye Ogunlewe, who said the south-east has a “problem of leadership”.
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Reacting to Ogunlewe’s comment, the secretary-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement issued on Friday, said attempts to “intimidate a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction is the quickest route to disintegration and an unending secessionist movement in Nigeria”.
Iziguzoro urged Nigerians to “ignore” Ogunlewe, adding that “2023 is not about South East but the repair of a country sinking deep into the abyss of disintegration and insecurity”.
“The survival of Nigeria beyond 2023 lies in the fact that every section of the country had tasted the Presidency except the Igbo, and attempts by the fifth columnist to coax and intimidate a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction is the quickest route to disintegration and an unending secessionist movement in Nigeria,” the statement reads in part.
“We are clamouring for Igbo presidency, not South-East presidency, whether an Igbo from Niger Delta or Benue or Kogi or South East emerges in any major political party, we will identify with him and support him.
“Igbo leadership is at the forefront of this noble project, and Igbo presidential hopefuls are putting finishing touches on 2023 Presidency, surely we hope Ogunlewe will jump the ship immediately Igbo succeed President Muhammadu in 2023.”
