“It is an insult to the Igbo race and also to the entire nation of Nigeria.”
, Atiku Abubakar that he would serve as a “stepping stone” to Igbo presidency if elected in 2023.
Mr Obi hails from Agulu, an Igbo-speaking community in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, south-east Nigeria.“It is an insult to the Igbo race and also to the entire nation of Nigeria for Atiku to come and arrogate himself to being a stepping stone to the emergence of Nigerian presidency from a particular section of the country,” Ikem Okuhu, a resident of Enugu State, said of the Atiku’s promise.
“Presidency is not an award. He is just playing politics. All these politicians have ways of talking to their followers to convince them ,” he said. “If he is hoping to get votes in Anambra State, he is just deceiving himself. Anambra State is for the Labour Party presidential candidate,” he said. “So, I think that it is the most selfish, baseless, hypocritical statement I have ever heard,” she said of Atiku’s promise.
Mr Onuoha, a professor of political science, said if Atiku meant well for Igbos he would have stepped down for an Igbo person during the PDP presidential primary.
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