2023 AND IGBO PRESIDENCY: GIVE SOUTHEAST THE CHANCE... APC BoT Member Tells Buhari.
With the controversy pitching concerning an Igbo presidency in 2023 for an Igbo candidate, many Nigerians have added their voices to the call for the APC and other political parties to allow the South-east produce the next president of Nigeria for the sake of justice, fairness and equity.
Adding his voice to the call is Joseph Okoloagu, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC's) Board of Trustees (BoT).
Okoloagu, a retired Brigadier General of the Nigerian Army has therefore, appealed to incumbent President, General Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that he is succeeded by someone from the southeastern part
of Nigeria, come 2023.
He made this appeal in an interview granted DailyTrust newspaper where he called on Buhari to forgive the hostility of some Igbo youths towards him.
"I humbly appeal to my revered President Buhari to ignore the hostility of the Igbo youths against him and his administration and be a nobleman, to make sure at the end of his tenure, an Igbo man succeeds him”.
Noting that for the sake of equality, Okoloagu said the Southeast should be allowed to produce the country's next president in 2023.
"I want to make it abundantly clear that it is fair and proper to let the Igbo have a shot at the presidency. However, it can only be done on a party platform. If the party the Igbos is using now is okay to give them the presidency, so be it”.
"But if the party they have been patronizing is not strong enough to give them the presidency, what I am advocating is that, for peace, equity and good conscience, there should be a president of Igbo
extraction and not necessarily an Igbo president when Buhari leaves office in 2023".
Okoloagu's plea came just days after President Buhari on Tuesday, December 17, said that he would not allow anyone to use his name to campaign for votes in the bid to compromise the 2023 presidential election.
The president said this when he was paid a visit by Secretary to Federal Government (SGF) Boss Mustapha alongside his aides to celebrate the Nigerian leader's 77 birthday.
He promised Nigerians that he will give them free and fair general elections in 2023.
Specifically, the president said he would not make the mistake of attempting a third term and went on to enumerate reasons why he would not seek another term.
Buhari's announcement has since thrown open the floodgates of intentions among politicians
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