The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has revealed it's working laborious with northerners to attain Igbo presidency in 2023.
The Igbo sociocultural affiliation is completely different from Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the extra standard group headed by George Obiozor.
Talking in an interview with PUNCH, Okechukwu Isiguzuro, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide secretary-general, stated denying the Igbo the presidency will additional enhance Biafra agitations and threaten Nigeria's unity.
He stated the group is already discussing with northern elders and youths, including that "a new alliance" is being constructed with the north to attain the aim of an Igbo presidency.
"2023 Igbo presidency is very feasible and any attempts to derail the project anchoring it on the activities of the secessionist agitations in south-east is not only devilish but mischievously wicked," Isiguzuro was quoted as saying.
"The implications of denying the Igbo the 2023 presidency will strengthen Biafra agitations and it'll sink Nigeria's company existence and threaten its unity. "The expectation of Igbo to attain the specified outcomes of getting an Igbo succeed President Buhari in 2023 is ongoing. "The one strategy to finish the secessionist actions and cease them from armed battle is for the federal authorities to go for a political resolution to the issue of Biafra agitations, which Igbo presidency is one in all it. A Nigerian president of Igbo extraction will finish the actions of IPOB. "Secondly, there are ongoing talks with the northern elders and the Arewa chieftains, particularly the youths. We imagine that the discussions by means of honest engagements will change the northern fears over 2023 Igbo presidency. "One of many sensible steps to be taken severely is the engagement of the opposite sections of the nation particularly the north. "We are building up a new alliance with the north, but definitely, we will achieve this lofty position through building consensus and confidence."Isiguzuro added that solely two folks from the Igbo extraction had declared their curiosity in contesting the presidential seat and that the group is anticipating extra folks, notably from the ruling APC, to hitch within the race.
