PANPIEC TACKLES TINUBU, SOUTHERN GOVERNORS OVER DECISION ON 2023 PRESIDENCY, AS CONCERNED CITIZENS OF ABIA IN DIASPORA (CCAD) CALLS FOR KANU'S RELEASE.

The Pan Nigeria Presidency of Igbo Extraction Coalition PANPIEC, the umbrella body of all the groups championing for Igbo to become the next President in 2023, has faulted the comment of the Southern Governors' forum on 2023 Presidency, describing it as a secret plot to marginalise Ndi-Igbo in 2023.

The Coalition made its position known through its Director of Media and Publicity, Prince Erondu Uche while featuring in a national television programme "Politics today" on Wednesday July 7th, 2021. He said that the refusal of the Southern Governors to be specific on zoning 2023 Presidency to Igbo land could mean compromise". TBE Magazine had early reported that some of the current southern Governors are said to be lobbying for vice Presidential slot. Those being rumored to be lobbying for the number two position are, River state Governor, Nyesom Wike, Ebonyi state Governor, Dave Umahi and Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma.

"We had expected that the southern governors would have been specific on zoning the 2023 Presidency to Igbo land. Yoruba has produced 5 Nigerian vice Presidents and 3 Presidents. Former Vice Presidents from Yoruba are: Babafemi Ogundipe - 1966, Olusegun Obasanjo - 1975 - 1976, Tunde Idiagbon - 1983 - 1985, Oladipo Diya - 1993 - 1997, Yemi Osibanjo - 2015 - 2023. While former Presidents are: Olusegun Obasanjo - 1976 - 1979, Ernest Shonekan 1993, Olusegun Obasanjo - 1999 - 2007. Professor Yemi Osibanjo is the current Vice President and will complete 8 years as VP by 2023, Femi Gbajabiamila is the current speaker federal house of representatives. Where is the position of Igbo since Independence? I think there is a secret plot to marginalise Igbos again in 2023, but it will fail" he said.

Prince Erondu blamed the southeast and south south governors for not prevailing on their southwest counterparts to support Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023. He also said that relocating the venue of the meeting from Delta state to Lagos has a political undertone.
"I had expected both southeast and south south governors to have prevailed on their southwest counterparts to support Nigerian president of Igbo extraction come 2023. Instead they said south, can't you see the game? When I learnt that the meeting had been shifted to Lagos, I knew that other issues will come up. Now Lagos has been chosen as the permanent place for the meeting, why not Delta state? Let me tell you, someone is trying to take advantage of the unity of the southern governors for personal gain", he added.

Meanwhile Concerned Citizens of Abia in Diaspora (CCAD) has asked the federal government to ensure that security operatives do not harm Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is currently in their custody.

The supreme body binding all Abia Indigenes outside Abia state in a press release signed by the publicity secretary, Engr. Patrick Ugoala also condemned the complicity of Kenyan government in the arrest of the IPOB leader and asked the federal government to respect the international law by returning Nnamdi Kanu to the United Kingdom and follow due process in his extradition. TBE Magazine had reported that the group's President General, Prince Erondu Uche had condemned the way Kanu was brought back to Nigeria.

<<Source: TBE Magazine>>

Fake news!!!!!

This same concerns they raised here also crossed my mind.

Questions begging for answers:
1. Why must Lagos be the permanent Secretariat for Southern governors? Why not make the venues rotational?

2. On whose idea is the meeting being called, Tinubu? Yes, Tinubu is the one pulling the strings through his stooges. Then the question again, to what end? Is this truly a holistic approach to unite South and defend our interest or a selfish move by someone who has lost out but is now trying to use others in getting back to those that humiliated him.

3. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands. If the United front to demand presidency of Southern extraction is a just one, then it has to allocated to the East. Yorubas have no right to accuse others of what they're guilty of too. You can't say that Fulanis/North have had their turn and should stay away only for you that have had your turn too to be desperate in contesting. That's madness. That's double standards.

FreeIgbos:
This same concerns they raised here also crossed my mind.

Questions begging for answers:
1. Why must Lagos be the permanent Secretariat for Southern governors? Why not make the venues rotational?

2. On whose idea is the meeting being called, Tinubu? Yes, Tinubu is the one pulling the strings through his stooges. Then the question again, to what end? Is this truly a holistic approach to unite South and defend our interest or a selfish move by someone who has lost out but is now trying to use others in getting back to those that humiliated him.

3. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands. If the United front to demand presidency of Southern extraction is a just one, then it has to allocated to the East. Yorubas have no right to accuse others of what they're guilty of too. You can't say that Fulanis/North have had their turn and should stay away only for you that have had your turn too to be desperate in contesting. That's madness. That's double standards.

Why do Igbo folks see Tinubu in everything?

Out of the 17 southern governors that met, only 6 are Yorubas. But somehow, some paid Igbo folks are trying desperately to paint a narrative that Tinubu is the one behind the resolutions. When will southerners stop this divisive rhetorics that has kept us divided for so long?

Apart from the Southern presidency issue, is Tinubu also the brain behind other resolutions such as the rejection of 3% for host communities, rejection of 30% for oil exploration in frontier basins, call on justice, equity and fairness in the administration of criminal justice etc? Truth be told, we must do better in the south than we’re currently doing.

FreeIgbos:
This same concerns they raised here also crossed my mind.

Questions begging for answers:
1. Why must Lagos be the permanent Secretariat for Southern governors? Why not make the venues rotational?

2. On whose idea is the meeting being called, Tinubu? Yes, Tinubu is the one pulling the strings through his stooges. Then the question again, to what end? Is this truly a holistic approach to unite South and defend our interest or a selfish move by someone who has lost out but is now trying to use others in getting back to those that humiliated him.

3. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands. If the United front to demand presidency of Southern extraction is a just one, then it has to allocated to the East. Yorubas have no right to accuse others of what they're guilty of too. You can't say that Fulanis/North have had their turn and should stay away only for you that have had your turn too to be desperate in contesting. That's madness. That's double standards.

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