The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr Osita Okechukwu, on Monday said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s comment that a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election would guarantee the South-West the 2023 presidency was a “wake-up call” to the South-East.

Osinbajo made the comment while on a house-to-house campaign in Oyo town, where he held a 45-minute closed-door meeting with the Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.

Before now, it was believed that the South-East would have the opportunity to produce the president in 2023, although the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, had at a rally in Owerri, Imo State, said the development would depend on Igbo support for Buhari in 2019.


Osinbajo’s comment was faulted by groups, including the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, and the apex socio-political body of the Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as well as the Peoples Democratic Party.

However, reacting to the development in a statement on Monday, Okechukwu said Ndigbo should see the VP’s comments as a wake-up call.

Okechukwu said, “The Vice-President’s call for Yoruba to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 so as to have a shot at the Presidency in 2023 is constitutional and mostly importantly a wake-up call to Ndigbo.

“A wake-up call to Ndigbo in the true sense of the word that equity, natural justice and good conscience are the advantages on our side – for the South-East is the only geopolitical zone in the southern belt that has not presided over Nigeria since 1999, when the rotation of President convention took off.

“We appeal to Ndigbo to hearken to this clarion call as all we need is to vote for President Buhari so as to reinforce the equity, natural justice and good conscience which is on our side.


“Our vote for Buhari will engender the support of his mass followers in the North, for Buhari has a vote-bank of 10 to 12 million voters, which is a big arsenal.”

The All Progressives Congress chief added, “On the issue of four years, Buhari’s remaining four years post 2019 is cast in constitutional stone, while Atiku Abubakar’s own is at best a pledge.

“Atiku’s manifesto is six- year plan.

“Therefore, Buhari’s option is the quickest and surest route to a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction.” Copyright

Esseite:
This divide and rule tactics is old and no sensible Nigerian would fall for it..

You loose 20m jobs
800 coys gone moribund
Inflation the order of the day
World poverty capital
80m destitutes
4m in IDP camps
Military men dieing like flies
Embezzlements and lies are the order of the day..
And worst of it all, No blueprint Direction yet.

And all they dangle to your faces is 2023, when you narrowly escaped 2018 by God's grace. Condolence to the thousands whom lost their lives in the struggle, who lost their fatherlands and means of living in the search for happiness, may God replenish.

Omeokachie:

Greek gift! You want Nigerians to endure another 4yrs of incompetence and killings in the hope that your ethnic political agenda of a few elites will be fulfilled abi?

Herdsmen:
Afons don hijack Apc..

The north is heading home to Pdp

Be not be deceive by media rant of Tinubu and Osibanjo boys..

By February all dia eyes go clear..

They said northwest in the bag.. zamfara was burning yesterday.. they all disappear on the thread..

They know buhari is a goner.. so they're already campaigning for Osibanjo 2023.. while they don't know tomorrow.. how can human play God..

They stay in oshogbo Ibadan ikire and abuse igbos thinking the rest of Nigerians will hate along..

But bros .. from north to south.. it's all backfiring on them..

Travell down to kaduna to Kano to gombe and see calarba Taraba makurdi Adamwa and see the real hatred of the west.. and their tribalism..

Bro social media begins and stop here like they Yoruba man will say on line when he's on the receiving end..

Likes don't win votes...

Likes Don't truly win votes..

Osibanjo saw the level of pdp awareness after fashola comment in Ibadan .. the pdp campaign really shook them.. that both ajimobi and Osibanjo had to abuse igbos and drive sentiment..

But it doesn't work that way.. n won't work..


Yoruba nation is about going into a political wilderness and this is a cry of a dying man..
That's see death stares at him..

Is inevitable..

Allow them cry .. ad abuse their God's..

Herdsmen:
Afons don hijack Apc..

The north is heading home to Pdp

Be not be deceive by media rant of Tinubu and Osibanjo boys..

By February all dia eyes go clear..

They said northwest in the bag.. zamfara was burning yesterday.. they all disappear on the thread..

They know buhari is a goner.. so they're already campaigning for Osibanjo 2023.. while they don't know tomorrow.. how can human play God..

They stay in oshogbo Ibadan ikire and abuse igbos thinking the rest of Nigerians will hate along..

But bros .. from north to south.. it's all backfiring on them..

Travell down to kaduna to Kano to gombe and see calarba Taraba makurdi Adamwa and see the real hatred of the west.. and their tribalism..

Bro social media begins and stop here like they Yoruba man will say on line when he's on the receiving end..

Likes don't win votes...

Likes Don't truly win votes..

Osibanjo saw the level of pdp awareness after fashola comment in Ibadan .. the pdp campaign really shook them.. that both ajimobi and Osibanjo had to abuse igbos and drive sentiment..

But it doesn't work that way.. n won't work..


Yoruba nation is about going into a political wilderness and this is a cry of a dying man..
That's see death stares at him..

Is inevitable..

Allow them cry .. ad abuse their God's..

RTSC:

They want to turn the apc to a regional party with no future like ACN.

RTSC:
The good thing here is that igbos in the apc are now alert to the realities of 2023.

A good wake up call.

baliyubla:
The easiest root for the Igbos to the Presidency is through Atiku.

One of the Condition Thiefnibu requested from the dullard to support his 2019 ambitions was to hand over APCs party structure to him.

That's why it was easy for the drug baron to handpick his stooge Oshio as party chair, and mess anyone up perceived to be a stumbling block to his 2023 ambitions. (Amosun and Okorocha) to mention a few.

Those shouting Osinbajo 2023, know the man is a weakling, and in that time will step down for his godfather to be the Presidential candidate.

But then there's BRF who's the dullards preferred along with the Northern oligarchs.

Igbo's stand no chance in APC, as the supporters of APC idea is to rotate power between the Yoruba Muslim and their Alimis up North.

Nigerians must shine their eyes and rejects these divisive elements in Government.

We Northern minorities have their evil blueprints, the Igbos and Yoruba Christians, must not fall for their tricks.

Herdsmen:


That's the idea..

Tinubu wants a party to negotiate from in 2023.. like he did in 2015..

You Tinubu na political strategist.. if the Yoruba tribe.. but so sure he can't be president.. he plots ahead..

All the noise is for 2023..

Is not for 2019..

Apc is death.. in the north..

Beside it's an open secret in the corridors of power and political stakeholders in Nigeria that we've a double as president..

All Nigeria Emirs .. retired Generals . Former president sultanate even Tinubu.. they all know this ..

Forget the online noise trying to rubbish the news..
Is true and it's a fact..
What do you think gave the house the impetus to jonze the double?

2019 is already in the dock...

Apc is humbled.

Why are Apc states campaigning why Apc federal ain't campaigning.

They told you Buhari no wan use. I Féria money campaign.. but mania and lawal are free n enjoying looted funds


Why are they planning to start campaign by middle January.. so they. An rush the campaign.. without people taking observations of the double..

See by January ending.. you will understand the political swing..

Apc is going regional.. Fact.

Johnnyessence:
you have said it all here sir. ndigbo stand no chance to be president of Nigeria. the easiest way is from pdp after atiku spent 4 years in power. 2019 will be deciding factor for igbo presidency in 2023.Atiku is the best presidential material in 2019.

Auladimeji1:
What?Can you imagine what this decendant of Judas Iscariot is typing, You said Fashola and Osibanjo insulted the igbos,,Show me the proof,pictures, videos or audios or anything and if you can't, the same way you lied,Someone will lie against you and it will consume you

Auladimeji1:
Your tribe is politically useless to the southwest and Northerner, don't be feeling like DON,young boy

Auladimeji1:
Please who added weed to this boy meal this morning

Herdsmen:


Judas betray our lord Jesus.. and you can gues the tribe in Nigeria know for betray..

That adjective best qualifies the afon ..

Now you children of fallen .. read well..
Pdp campaign in Ibadan was a massive hit to Tinubu political camp.
They never believe it will turn out great.. not even after fashola went down to same Ibadan .. and told them to vote Buhari for Yoruba to rule in 2023..

Tinubu and his polical allies has to rush to Ibadan for a political campaign.. with ajimobi making a nasty tribal talk about igbos..

Not enough..
Osibanjo has to had a one on one tete to convince the oba of Yoruba tribe voting buhari to win president in 2023..

You know why?

Because it very obvious.. to all political camps that Apc is going regional.. and they west are about sojourning into a political wilderness..

Why are other tribes not making this statement of vote tribe to win elections..

Why is ameachi not making same statement to the south..
Why is Usoro and Udo udoma not making same statement
Why is Onu and Ngige .. not making same statement ..

Is it not about campaign?

Why is it the west making such tribal political statements..

E go soon clear..

Auladimeji1:
Your tribe is politically useless to the southwest and Northerner, don't be feeling like DON,young boy

Herdsmen:
Afons don hijack Apc..

The north is heading home to Pdp

Be not be deceive by media rant of Tinubu and Osibanjo boys..

By February all dia eyes go clear..

They said northwest in the bag.. zamfara was burning yesterday.. they all disappear on the thread..

They know buhari is a goner.. so they're already campaigning for Osibanjo 2023.. while they don't know tomorrow.. how can human play God..

They stay in oshogbo Ibadan ikire and abuse igbos thinking the rest of Nigerians will hate along..

But bros .. from north to south.. it's all backfiring on them..

Travell down to kaduna to Kano to gombe and see calarba Taraba makurdi Adamwa and see the real hatred of the west.. and their tribalism..

Bro social media begins and stop here like they Yoruba man will say on line when he's on the receiving end..

Likes don't win votes...

Likes Don't truly win votes..

Osibanjo saw the level of pdp awareness after fashola comment in Ibadan .. the pdp campaign really shook them.. that both ajimobi and Osibanjo had to abuse igbos and drive sentiment..

But it doesn't work that way.. n won't work..


Yoruba nation is about going into a political wilderness and this is a cry of a dying man..
That's see death stares at him..

Is inevitable..

Allow them cry .. ad abuse their God's..

sogodihno:


Osinbajo presidency in 2023, can't be stop even by your fathers.

Johnnyessence:
when it is stop in 2019, you will be mute from nairaland and other social media platforms .

sogodihno:


Osinbajo presidency in 2023, can't be stop even by your fathers.

sogodihno:


Osinbajo presidency in 2023, can't be stop even by your fathers.