Prof. George Obiozor, P-G, Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Politicians of South-East extraction were on Thursday cautined not to accept being running mate to any presidential candidate in 2023.
The apex socio-political organisation in the South-East, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, under the leadership of Prof. George Obiozor, its President-General, made the declaration at the Imeobi Ohaneze Ndigbo meeting in Enugu.
Obiozor said the clamour for Igbo to be elected president of Nigeria was morally and historically justifiable and a project to which every Igbo must commit
Stated Obiozor: “All the double dealings about zoning and rotation of power are orchestrated conspiracy to deprive the South-East of the right to produce the president. I encourage all the presidential aspirants from the zone to remain focused, tenacious and optimistic”.
He explained that the Political Action Committee (PAC) of the Ohaneze Ndigbo would meet several eminent Nigerians to persuade them to appreciate why a politician of South-East extraction should be elected as president of Nigeria.
Obiozor lamented the weekly “sit-at-home’’ order observed on Mondays in the South-East and said the Igbo was recording huge losses in incomes as a result of its observance.
Noted he: “Ndigbo have tried severally to persuade the youths to realise the consequences of their actions”.
Among prominent lgbo leaders in attendance at the Imeobi were Chief Nnia Nwodo, the ninth President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Sen. Victor Umeh, Peter Umeadi, Allison Madueke, Chris Iwuanyanwu and Prof. Fred Eze.
