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…APC can’t give us Presidency …
Ndigbo should be careful of APC


The promise of supporting the prospects of a President of Igbo extraction in 2023 by the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been widely dismissed as deceptive by Igbo leaders. President Muhammadu Buhari and Eboyin State governor during the President’s visit to Eboyin They particularly described it as a ploy to get the region to support President Muhamadu Buhari’s perceived second term ambition, adding that it was not in the interest of Ndigbo.

Though the calls to support the party, which APC leaders described as the surest path to Igbo Presidency, sounded simplistic, Igbo leaders said the interest of the zone was not guaranteed in the APC. Consequently, they told Saturday Vanguard, that they would mobilise the Igbo against what was labelled as the deceptive antics of the APC. Saturday Vanguard observed that many in the zone viewed the President’s visit to Ebonyi State last Tuesday and his speech as the latest in the series of moves aimed towards attracting Igbo support ahead of the 2019 poll.

The six-month regime of the late Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was the only time the Southeast governed the country, as the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was only a ceremonial President in the Balewa government. Ndigbo should be careful of APC—Eya A former Secretary-General of Ohaneze, Chief Nduka Eya said: “Let them stop deceiving the Igbo. I want the Igbo to know that the APC can’t give us 2023 presidency. The Igbo can only get it with a two-third majority, not through the promises being made by the APC. The party thinks that Buhari’s presence in the Southeast will make the Igbo vote for the APC in 2019.

That is not possible, except they rig the election. The Igbo are wiser now. Those people talking about supporting the APC so that we can have Igbo presidency in 2023 should forget about it. ‘’APC cannot be trusted. We are not even interested in it now, what the Igbo need is to put their house in order. We have the Deputy Senate President and Ohaneze leadership, who are expected to use their positions to rightly put our house in order. “They should stop deceiving themselves.

My message for Ndigbo is that they should not take that bait. When the party was campaigning for election, they promised to revive the coal corporation in Enugu. But we have not seen anything except a visit by some officials. We have terrible roads and they are not interested in any meaningful project in Igbo land.

They can’t destroy the Igbo. They tried it for three years and it did not work. The former Eastern region was split by (Yakubu) Gowon to break the solidarity that existed in the region but we are still in tandem with the Efik, Ibibio and other tribes that made up the former Eastern region. The Igbo should not take that bait from a party that promised so many things and did nothing. What is the assurance that they will be committed to the promise when they are re-elected? That is even the time Buhari will tell the Igbo to go to hell because he will not be seeking re-election.

Traditional rulers erred by giving Ochiloha title to Buhari “I am also critical of the traditional rulers that gave him the title of Ochilioha of Ndigbo. They cheapened themselves with that action because the Igbo don’t even have a common title. For instance, if the Obi of Onitsha decides to give him a title, such title is for Onitsha and not for the entire Igbo.

Even though Ebonyi State governor has endorsed him for a second term, Buhari cannot win in the Southeast. “When the President visited the Southeast, I made a statement on Urban Radio where I hailed him for coming. I told him that we love him but are being careful of the Greek Gift he brought. APC promised change but they have spent three years blaming Jonathan and PDP. Buhari said he belongs to nobody but we have seen where he belongs to by the virtue of the appointments he has made. The APC thinks we have forgotten the promises they made.

They cannot be trusted. They talked about restructuring in their manifesto but turned around to search for the meaning of restructuring.” No Igbo person will believe APC—Ohaneze Youth Council Also speaking, the Secretary-General of Ohaneze Youth Council, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said: “They are deceiving Ndigbo. Anybody, who believes them, is deceiving himself. Igbo man was online for SGF but they did not do eventually consider that. We all saw how Ogbonnaya Onu was schemed out. When the God of Ndigbo created a vacancy in that position, they did not appoint an Igbo person. APC cannot be relied on.

We know their ways. And that is why we are resisting their deceptive moves. APC doesn’t even recognise the quota system in the Federal Character Principle. How can a party that did not give us our quota in appointments in line with the Federal Character Principle assist us in getting the presidency in 2023? What we need now is to come together through a proper political realignment.” APC should not be trusted in any election—Ezeife A former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife said: “APC should not be reckoned with in any presidential election whether it is 2019 or 2023.

Igbo people have made up their minds. When we see Buhari and the list of candidates running for the presidency we will know what to do. As it is now, it doesn’t appear he will be a candidate. Why are they making noise about it? “The issue is that they have blown their chances. They have no chance of producing the President again unless through rigging.’’ Ndigbo are wise, would be wiser in 2019—Ohaneze Also, National Publicity Secretary of Ohaneze, Mr. Uche Okpaga said: “The statement is puerile and pedestrian. There is no substitution for good governance. Ndigbo will vote according to their conscience.

We have stated timelessly that Igbo Presidency without restructuring is not feasible. The performance of the government will be the yardstick, not political statements made to hoodwink the people. Ndigbo are wise and would be wiser in 2019” Buhari not in a position to handover power in 2023—Chekwas Okorie National Chairman of United Progressive Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie said: “Those making the call and promises can go and say that to the Marines. President Buhari ran for the presidency four times consecutively before he got it without waiting for any party to zone it to his zone. The Ohanaeze people and Igbo APC leaders that said that Igbo will get the presidency in 2023 after supporting Buhari, missed it.

I was very ashamed of that comment from an Ohanaeze led by an erudite politician like Chief John Nnia Nwodo. “ Whatever President Buhari thinks he can offer, there is no chance for him to come back in 2019. He is a one-term President. The Consensus in Nigeria now is the need for restructuring and true federalism. Since Buhari is not in support of what most Nigerians want, he is not in a position to be re-elected in 2019. He is not even in a position to hand over power to anyone in 2023. “Dr Paul Unongo at the Zik lecture in Lagos urged Igbo people to step forward and contest election in 2019 and not wait for anybody to zone the presidency to them.

That is what the Igbo should do and stop embarrassing themselves in Nigeria’s political arena with naive comments.” LET’S WAIT FOR A CONCRETE PROMISE – UZODIMMA. I know that Igbos are looking forward to producing the next Nigerian President after the North has completed its tenure. However, the question whether Igbos will support President Buhari for Presidency in 2019 if he promises to support the Igbos for the Presidency in 2023 is speculative. To the best of my knowledge, President Buhari has not made any such promise or commitment. The much I know of the President is that he is a man of integrity and he is a very honest man, if he makes a promise or commitment he is bound to keep it.

But like I said, I am unaware that he has made any promise in that direction so there is actually nothing to react to. There is no need to be speculative. I am sure that when there is a concrete proposal on ground, we can react to it. For now, there is nothing on ground. So all I can say is that if we ever get to that bridge, we will know how to cross it. The shortest distance to Igbo presidency is APC—Igbokwe The Publicity Secretary of the APC in Lagos State, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, however, disagreed with those, who dismissed his party’s promise to Ndigbo, saying that supporting the APC in 2019 was the only way to get Igbo presidency. He said: ‘’Supporting APC in 2019 to get Igbo presidency is the way to go. I have been preaching and talking about it. And this is the time for it.

If our people must stop complaining about marginalization, this is the time to play politics. For other people to vote Ndigbo, they must vote for APC. ‘’We need to build the connection and the time is now. No Igbo man has ruled this country since Aguiyi Ironsi led regime. Since that time, no Igbo man has played good politics. We should not miss this opportunity. ‘’Politics is a serious game. If the Igbo do not play politics well, they will die. The shortest distance to Igbo presidency is APC. By 2023, a northerner, President Buhari would have completed his eight years and an Igbo man will easily come in. ‘’APC will zone the presidency to the Southeast. We need to give the Igbo a sense of belonging. Every group is important, especially the three ethnic groups. We (Igbo) marginalized ourselves. When in 2009, Jonathan took over, we expected him to step down by 2011, but he did not. Our people went behind and supported him and he won, which made the North not to complete their tenure.

APC is the epicentre of Igbo politics.’’ Similarly, the Chairman of Southeast caucus of Inter-party Advisory Council, IPAC, Chief Emeka Okafor, said: ‘’It is a good thing to support him if he sacks all those questionable characters in his cabinet. He needs our support. He has to do something serious to get the support of Ndigbo. We are ready to support him but he has to work hard to convince us. Elder statesman, Chief Ben Ezeibe, said “He has seen that he cannot move forward without Igbo people. But our people should be careful not to betray the trust the President has in them. They should not be after what they will grab individually in the short run.

sarrki:
Its good to understand the politics of Nigeria

WHO are this faceless leaders self

They attacked the president and his party

What did PDP did to that region for 16years ?

Now lumping everything on pmb

nwabobo:
Ndigbo are wise, will be wiser in 2019.

HiddenShadow:
Very soon, those who betrayed Kanu for a plate of presidency will realized that Nigerians have no plan to see Igbos produce a President and restructure Nigeria.

By 2023, the people of the Sun will rise and set themselves free forever.

raker300:
It is people like yyeske that can be deceived with such rubbish..

Lol...igbos have reason above politics.

The same way Jews have reason above politics in America..

We just buy up nigeria and be the underground bosses..

That has always been the plan

raker300:
umahi and ugwuanyi have increased their security convoy in their own states.

Those 2 don’t realize Ipob is the people.

sarrki:
Its good to understand the politics of Nigeria

WHO are this faceless leaders self

They attacked the president and his party

What did PDP did to that region for 16years ?

Now lumping everything on pmb

sarrki:
Its good to understand the politics of Nigeria

WHO are this faceless leaders self

They attacked the president and his party

What did PDP did to that region for 16years ?

Now lumping everything on pmb

sdindan:
Ndi Igbo are wiser now.
Gerrit!
If u like blame pdp till eternity as if they are the only alternative party in Nigeria.

ipobarecriminals:
Am a confused fool. I also like licking my slave masters a*ss. All in all,am a well known nonentity here n a moronic imb*ecile

ipobarecriminals:
confused lots.Today biafra, tomorrow no lefledum no erection. Dey want Nigeria. Dnt even trust those side people again cos once dey get there nah sigidi statues dem go dey erect up/down.Fake/substandard counterfeit merchants go flood everywhere..

AngryRebel:
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Paretomaster:
Seriously, is it that the Igbo race is becoming daft on a daily basis or what?

The way they go about the whole Biafra issue, acting dumb, posing with machete, chestbeating upandan, now they asking the Presidency to be handed over to them on a platter of gold?

Paretomaster:
Seriously, is it that the Igbo race is becoming daft on a daily basis or what?

The way they go about the whole Biafra issue, acting dumb, posing with machete, chestbeating upandan, now they asking the Presidency to be handed over to them on a platter of gold?

The truth of the matter is, no political party in Nigeria can guarantee a group of people the presidential slot in Nigeria because time changes, people changes, decision changes and Nigerians can change in terms of party to vote depending on the credibility of candidates presented to them at the time.


But on a more serious note, Nigeria ought to have outgrown this issue of Hausa presidency, Igbo presidency, Yoruba presidency and what have you.


This shows that the current government and leadership have failed Nigerians.

Nigerians must learn to vote based on performance and credibility and not based on tribe and religion. It doesn't matter if Hausa man rules Nigeria forever so long as he/she knows what he/she is doing, carries every Nigerian tribe and state along, appoint cabinet members and other appointees fairly based on merit and also considering/respecting Nigeria's federal character policy to ensure every community in Nigeria is well represented by sound, visionary, selfless candidates ready to serve Nigerians without being tribalistic or nepotic.

Nigerians ought to know that tribalism is the biggest corruption destroying Nigeria!

Nepotism is a deadly corruption any leader of a multi-tribal nation like Nigeria should be ashamed of committing.

You cannot fight corruption honestly if you as a leader is tribalistic, nepotic, unforgiven and bias. All these are biggest forms of corruption that has been dragging Nigeria down. We need non tribalistic young Nigerian leaders who see the world as a global village and not as their local community as being practiced by our current leaders of today.

But so far, we have witnessed leadership that's very bias, tribalistic, discriminatory, nepotic, hate-filled and direction less and if Nigerians are really sensible, APC and PDP should never be considered for the next presidential and governorship slots in Nigeria because so far, APC and PDP are failures from federal to state.

Rochas Okorocha is a failure, Aregbesola is a failure, Bello is a failure and many more of them.

If Prof. Osinbajo could leave APC and contest under another credible youth driven party, he ought to be considered because he seem better than who we have in power now.

But then, Ndigbo don't need any presidency at all, it won't solve Nigeria's problems, in fact the Igbo person that will rule Nigeria under the present situation of Nigeria now will be frustrated by many forces and then Nigerians will sit back and laugh at the Igbo people that they have ruled and failed. So Igbos should stop talking about anybody dashing them presidential slot but rather work with all Nigerians, gain their trust, and at God's appointed time, an Igbo person will emerge as president, they should never rely on anybody's promise of an Igbo president because that's total hogwash!

What we need right now in Nigeria are visionary youth leaders irrespective of their tribe or religion, who will serve all Nigerians selflessly without being nepotic or tribalistic.

We need young visionary leaders who think global than old recycled grandpas who think clanish and communal.

We need young, vibrant, smart, visionary, selfless Nigerians as president, senators, governors, ministers, reps, assembly members.

Nigerian youths arise and take your rightful place now, tribal and religious politics can never take Nigeria anywhere good, enough of this nonsense of a tribe and religion.

America is a great nation today simply because United States of America is a nation made up of every race, every tribe, every clan in the world who work effortlessly together to build a great nation that anybody can succeed according to his or her dream.

We need to learn from them honestly.

All tribalistic Nigerians should be ashamed of themselves....you tribal bigots in Nigeria in leadership and those that are ordinary Nigerians, shame on you all! You are destroying Nigeria everyday but think you are doing the tribes you are discriminating and sidelining!

ipobarecriminals:
Make I go drink sniper like Awo the coward

sarrki:
PDP is ipobs

Ipobs are pdp