The President-General of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor, has said that wherever the country picks its president from in 2023 will send a strong message to the Ndigbo.
He affirmed that the status of Ndigbo in Nigeria would be determined largely by where the 2023 president emerged from.
The group asserted that to avoid the potholes of the past and to secure the future and preserve national unity, the Nigerian political elites must avoid the prevailing political myopia and contrived amnesia surrounding Nigerian political history over the imperative of North-South rotation.

Wherever the country picks its president from in 2023 will send a strong message to Ndigbo,” Obiozor said in a statement he issued in Owerri, Imo State, on Monday.
“I understand clearly the dilemma faced by these leaders but Nigerian politics is at a point of no return where national destiny is at stake and where patriotism and political wisdom must supercede personal ambition.”
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General explained that Ndigbo as an ethnic nationality was blessed with a large number of capable, Nigerian patriots and credible personalities who were eminently qualified to govern the country and meet the expectations of the citizenry through equity, justice and fairness.
“Indeed he or she will bring into the office, an amazing sense of peace and harmony to the country, ensure imperative of national unity and commitment to good governance with dedication, decency and decorum.
“Since 1960, Igbos have been campaigning for their rights to leadership in Nigeria. So anybody who says that we have not campaigned enough about the ‘2023 Igbo President’ is guilty of historical fallacy because many of us know how often those rights and opportunities have been denied or ignored with impunity.
“How can one be accused of making noise over marginalisation or discrimination in critical areas of Nigerian Politics and at the same time accused of not making enough political campaign for the 2023 Presidency? Ndigbo has not campaigned for any relevant national political office since the end of the war. Most Nigerians with conscience and patriotic as well as friends of Nigeria inside and outside the country know this to be the truth.”

"Since 1960, Igbos have been campaigning for their rights to leadership in Nigeria."

rottennaija:
Threat will not get them anywhere. This people need to learn how to play politics.

naija4life247:
If you like go and stand outside, nobody cares

agulion:
. Youruba Muslims unity begars will soon be here to beg for unity and one Nigeria, fools that want unity but not equity

Esseite:


What is learning how to play politics if I may ask?

mrvitalis:
70% of Igbos already don't believe in Nigeria ...after 2023 it would either be 40% or 99% ...the choice is Nigerians to make

mrvitalis:
70% of Igbos already don't believe in Nigeria ...after 2023 it would either be 40% or 99% ...the choice is Nigerians to make

omohayek:

Going out and trying to convince voters that your preferred candidate will make their lives better, rather than angrily demanding that they vote for your candidate simply because you deem it "your turn". The Presidency is meant to be a service role on behalf of the entire Nigerian electorate, not a means of "rewarding" any particular region in the name of "fairness, equity and justice" [sic] by granting them free reign to loot the public treasury for a few years. If you can't be bothered to put forward candidates who understand this much, don't be surprised when voters reject them for others who at least try to explain how it will benefit the voters rather than their own "kinsmen".

rottennaija:
Threat will not get them anywhere. This people need to learn how to play politics.

johnmartus:
Two faces without a particular direction same story since 1967 reason why they fought civil war they want to gramb power true the outdoor without normal procedures threatening upon threatening accusing and tarnishing people image just to get power by all means.

In the process to get power by all means they formed security agencies to be killing national guard they said they don't want to be in Nigeria again but they dont stop collecting allocations neither they stop using public service.

Again the game is on they don't have candidate that well accepted within or outside the country later another person will emerge as a president the ranting will continue.

Rugaria:


Stop milking the Nigeria-Biafra war titties.. You should be tired of doing so by now. It's 2022! That was 1966!!!
Igbo officers were not the only group that organized a coup. Gideon Orkar did and even cut of the core northrom Nigeria, ye nobody is killing The Tiv people today because of that. Buka Suka Dimka did and even killed Murtala, yet I am sure most Nigerians don't even know his ethnic group! You project an ethnic agenda into Nzeogwus coup, because dude was Igbo. You're the one suffering from tribalism here and not Nzeogwu or the igbos involved in that revolution..

DrGoodman:


Even you saying these know you are telling white lies. So Buharri, Jonathan and Obasanjo were elected on merit? We all know these men are not worth leading a local government area, except Obasanjo. But when it comes to anything concerning Igbos, you guys will hypocritically want the rules straightened.

Rugaria:


Stop milking the Nigeria-Biafra war titties.. You should be tired of doing so by now. It's 2022! That was 1966!!!
Igbo officers were not the only group that organized a coup. Gideon Orkar did and even cut of the core northrom Nigeria, ye nobody is killing The Tiv people today because of that. Buka Suka Dimka did and even killed Murtala, yet I am sure most Nigerians don't even know his ethnic group! You project an ethnic agenda into Nzeogwus coup, because dude was Igbo. You're the one suffering from tribalism here and not Nzeogwu or the igbos involved in that revolution..

todaynewsreview:
They should rather rally around Peter Obi and mobilise their industrious sons to reach out to other regions for him. Peter Obi is already a sellable candidate.

Golan007:


But they want people of Nigeria to vote them.

mrvitalis:

Vote for your follow one Nigerian Igbos simple ...u have Joe igbokwe vote him as president to pepper Igbos

Rugaria:


They thought your father's politics actually.. You can go and check. Awolowo got motivated to join politics after admiring how people respected Azikiwe while he worked as a reporter. Awolowo actually covered Azikiwes campaign that day from a tree.. So he can get a proper view ofcourse..

You don't intentionally sideline a group and keep telling them to go and learn how to play politics. When babangida and Abacha sidelined the South West, nadeco was more virulent than ohaneze in this kind of politics. So keep your advice to yourself..

Rugaria:


They thought your father's politics actually.. You can go and check. Awolowo got motivated to join politics after admiring how people respected Azikiwe while he worked as a reporter. Awolowo actually covered Azikiwes campaign that day from a tree.. So he can get a proper view ofcourse..

You don't intentionally sideline a group and keep telling them to go and learn how to play politics. When babangida and Abacha sidelined the South West, nadeco was more virulent than ohaneze in this kind of politics. So keep your advice to yourself..