₦airaland Forum

How Igbo Can Produce A President – Yakasai


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEqwCgrPXPM

Former Presidential Adviser, Tanko Yakasai, believes the Igbo ethnic group has a chance to produce a Nigerian President if it gets the blessing of other parts of the country, especially the North.

Mr. Yakassai, 94, made the comment on Friday during an appearance on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily.

“There is a good opportunity for Igbos to produce the president of Nigeria in the near future or later,” he said.

“The political arrangement in the country is such that you need correlation with some parts of the North and South. The Igbo can make a move of getting partners from other parts of the country, in particular the North.

“It is not just to complain; meaningful efforts should be made to reach out to get partners so that eventually they will realise their aspirations; and I think they can.”

The Igbo are one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, occupying the country’s South-East region, but have not been able to produce a Nigerian President since the country’s return to democracy, adding to the group’s cries of marginalisation.

Mr Yakasai was speaking two days after the 50th anniversary of the end of Nigeria’s infamous civil war which was fought over Igbo secession.

Yakassai believes the war would not have happened if the leaders of the East and the rest of the country were different.

“There were personal differences” between Yakubu Gowon and Odumegwu Ojukwu, he said.

“I doubt if anybody, even the military, contemplated the magnitude of the human and material losses in the country,” Mr Yakasai added.

“People were killed on both sides. It was a huge loss to the country. Nobody can give a correct figure of the total number of people killed at that time and how much is from each side.”

Snipper007:
mr yakkasa is high, he has seen that the romance between the North and the SW is getting out of hand so he making moves towards the se.

Opotoyi901:
people like
immhotep, hammerf and jimjames will take this bait

immhotep:
How Amotekun na?

Opotoyi901:
Amotekun is here to stay and no one can stop it.

Snipper007:
mr yakkasa is high, he has seen that the romance between the North and the SW is getting out of hand so he making moves towards the se.

immhotep:
Jagaban Tinubu will not be happy with this.

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immhotep:
Jagaban Tinubu will not be happy with this.

cc lzaa gmbuharii greenback afamed

Opotoyi901:
No cares about Tinubu cause he is not the leader of Yorubas and should be worried cause APC will soon take over southeast looke Imo as already been taken

Opotoyi901:
No cares about Tinubu cause he is not the leader of Yorubas and should be worried cause APC will soon take over southeast looke Imo as already been taken

immhotep:
But Imo is already IPOB state na
cc lzaa gmbuharii greenback

LZAA:
This is treason
Helinues, afamed, sarrki, greenback and GMBuharii must hear this

Opotoyi901:
How is it an IPOB state oga bubu is coming for southeast so be ready

immhotep:
Yes o.
Why has Opotoyi901 suddenly abandoned Alhaji Jagaban Asiwaju Otunba Bola Ahmed Tinubu?

What happened?

LZAA:
This is treason Immhotep and GMBuharii must hear this

Opotoyi901:
Tinubu was never my leader so i don't care about him

Opotoyi901:
I will call helinues for you

immhotep:
Lzaa please come and hear oh
What has been seen, cannot be unseen.

cc gmbuharii greenback helinues afamed sarrki

Opotoyi901:
You wan die ontop tinubu matter ni

immhotep:
Lzaa and I love helinues very much

Opotoyi901:
i know is your tormentor

immhotep:
I just want to support Sai Mama.
cc gmbuharii greenback helinues afamed sarrki lzaa

immhotep:
Oh no he is our main man.
cc lzaa