'Let me tell you; as long as Nigeria keeps kicking against a President of Igbo extraction, the more the country will suffer. How long shall Ndigbo continue to miss in the affairs of the government? The economy of the country is down; ...
from the 2023 elections. Among them was a former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Professor Peter Umeadi, who said: “Other tribes should not decide for the Igbo who should be their candidate and the platform on which that candidate should run in 2023. It is our belief that the easiest means to achieve our ambition is through All Progressives Grand Alliance . But we have to unite to be able to achieve what we want.
With measured words he carefully buried any controversial undertones, making it difficult to fault his logic. No one can begrudge the Igbo for deciding that their best shot at the presidency would be under the aegis of the APGA. But he will only be right if all Igbo people decide to unite under the APGA. If the People’s Democratic Party , All Progressives Congress , or any other prominent party for that matter, also choose to field Igbo candidates, then Prof.
Less reserved and more gregarious, however, was President General of Ndigbo United Forum, Godson Ezenagu, who pontificated that the principles of natural justice and equity dictate that the next president of Nigeria should come from the Southeast lest the Igbo develop a conviction that they are a marginalised tribe. “What we are talking about is alignment,” he argued, “and we are talking about equity, conscience and principles of natural justice.
There is no indication that a president of Igbo or any other tribal extraction will fix either the continuing decline of the Nigerian economy or the organised waves of terrorism and banditry laying siege to the North and South, or the other myriad woes bedevilling the country.
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