A former Governor of Imo State and now the senator representing Imo West senatorial district, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said that Nigeria’s President would be elected in 2023 from the South Eastern part of the country.
The country’s mood, according to Sen. Okorocha, was ripe for an Igbo president.
The former governor made the remark while hosting a pressure party, the Ndi Igbo Good Governance Initiative (NGGI), in Abuja.
He said it would be unfair to refuse the Igbo the Presidency in 2023.
“The country did the moral thing by supporting the Igbo in their bid for the next president.
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“The country’s climate has changed, and there is a lot of division.
“We want someone who can be trusted by the North and the Yoruba, and who can help the less fortunate and poor,” he said.
In order to make the Igbo presidency a reality, the lawmaker also urged the zone’s political leaders to cooperate with other regions.
He said that the Igbo were Nigeria’s most misunderstood people, and that people in the South East believe in Nigeria’s unity and oneness.