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Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by nairavsdollars(f): 3:07pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Former national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Senator Victor Umeh said for the sake of unity of Nigeria, the South East should produce the president of Nigeria come 2023. He pointed that the zone should not be denied the opportunity on historical basis regarding the Nigerian civil war. Umeh told reporters at the reopening of the Enugu airport that all the zones in the South have produced leadership of the country except the South East. He said: “It is wrong for the other parts of the country that have provided leadership to vie for it now. For example the South-West had Obasanjo who served 8 years. Their son is also Vice President now. The South-South have produced the president through Jonathan. “South East is the remaining part of Southern Nigeria yet to take its slot. So on that basis we thank the president for the work he had done on the Enugu Airport and other infrastructures in the South East – roads and second Niger Bridge. But none is more important than closing the gap by making the South East produce the best president for Nigeria in 2023. Let’s not play politics with that. “Somebody had told me that the APC is weak in the South-East. And I asked the person what was the strength of the PDP in South-West in 1999 when Obasanjo became the president. The PDP had no councilor in the whole of Southwest. Alliance for Democracy had everything in the Southwest. But due to the exigency to accommodate the Southwest in the presidency, Obasanjo was elected even though he lost in his polling unit in his local government.” He posited that the situation in the Southeast now is better than then in the Southwest. He said: “How much more now that the APC is controlling a state in the Southeast, in Imo. And they have others elected as senators and House of Representative members. That argument is no longer tenable. “They need to make it a policy that the Southeast should provide the leadership of Nigeria in 2023. It is not that we will die if don’t produce the president of Nigeria in 2023. But it is for the country to be truly united. What goes around should come around. “And we have intellectuals, technocrats and the best people that can provide quality leadership to Nigeria if given the opportunity. So all parts of Nigeria should support the Southeast to produce the president in 2023. Across all the political parties, let there be no contest. The way they did in 1999 where Alliance for Democracy and APP produced Olu Falae and PDP produced Obasanjo. You can see that in 1999 the Southwest were the only people that contested for the presidency in Nigeria. So this is not a new thing. It’s been there. We have antecedents. “The Southeast has capable people in abundance to lead Nigeria. The need to concede the presidency to the Southeast unassailable at this point and when you are looking for such a material, we have them in abundance.” https://thenationonlineng.net/2023-concede-presidency-to-south-east-says-umeh/ 2 Likes
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Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by ggirl4real: 3:09pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Every interested candidate should head to the polls No one is conceding to anyone. Do your manifesto and convince people of why they should vote for you irrespective of your ethnicity. Oh I forgot, this is Nigeria. It doesn't work that way. I hope we get it right someday. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by AlabiJ: 3:27pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
This beggy beggy by igbo elite and politicians must stop. Igbos are fond of accusing other tribes of not being as competitive as them. Yet, we are seeing igbo leaders begging upandan to be given the Presidency on a platter/given a free pass. Even in the entire SE PDP there seems not to be one single igbo politician with enough guts to even hint at throwing his hat in the ring at this point. Even if na to pretend sef. It's like the politicians have already resigned to support another Northerner without even putting up a fight in the same PDP (these are the same people that shout upandan, calling others 'cowards' for not committing political kamakazee, or for not fighting 'Godfatherism'). And I find that very strange because even abroad igbos run for office, yet they seem so afraid of competing against the likes of Atiku and Tambuwal under the same PDP they are the biggest loyalists and promoters of. Abi na so dem fear Fulani reach?? Where is that igbo fighting spirit that they make noise and thump their chest about all over cyberspace ![]() Ndigbo what is happening?? 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by GamalNasser: 3:31pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Let's not deceive ourselves we will not get it . |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by helinues: 3:32pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
That's being realistic insead of being optimistic.. Nice one |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Charmingrascal(m): 5:17pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
I think Igbo should have been resilient in there struggle for Biafra It is contingent for an Igbo man to win Presidential election in 2023, it is like a mission impossible. If they had insisted on "Biafra and nothing else" perhaps we would know that they really ready for a show down Fighting for Presidency is a fruitless endeavor for Igbos at least for now, had it been Igbos didn't show interest in Presidency and only want Biafra they would have been taking seriously. |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Pollosa1: 5:23pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Sell out |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by majole: 5:29pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
You play bad politics. Ask PDP to give you Presidential ticket cos that is where you Royalty lies 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Nobody: 5:32pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
This one don give up already |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by IamWonderful: 5:34pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
It is better they start consoling themselves now because they wouldn't get presidency and Biafra till 2450 |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by dokie: 5:36pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Charmingrascal: Maybe when our politicians are done deceiving themselves thinking they can get 2023 presidency, their brains would click. Maybe then they would realize that we've been condemned to a spectators role in the Nigerian project. Perhaps at that point, they'll face Biafra squarely. |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Obiobidgbo14: 5:36pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
AlabiJ:Wicked greedy man with evil opinion 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Obiobidgbo14: 5:41pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
nairavsdollars: Thank you sir, for the priceless truth |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by mabea: 5:41pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
AlabiJ:There's nothing like beggy beggy here. You may recall that in 1999 Ogbonnaya Onu won the primaries for ANPP but they asked him to give way to Olu Falae, also in PDP Ekwueme was in a better position than Obasanjo but they have to give it to him to compensate southwest for the 1993 issue. So it is not out of place to do same for the igbos. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by helinues: 5:43pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
mabea: Here we go again 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by mabea: 5:44pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
helinues:Everybody knows this |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Iamgrey5(m): 6:01pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
mabea:As if Ekwueme didn't contest and lose the primary by a decent margin. Incase you don't know, please check the results of the 1999 PDP primary election results below OLUSEGUN OBASANJO 1,658 which was 67.98% ALEX EKWUEME 521 which was 21.36% DON ETIEBET 106 which was 4.35% GRAHAM DOUGLAS 71which was 2.91% JIM NWOBODO 59 which was 2.42% PHILIP ASIODU 12 which was 0.49% FRANCIS ELLAH 12 which was 0.49% Out of the list, only Obansanjo was Yoruba and he got the support of Hausas and Yorubas. Igbos splited their votes. https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.nigeria/c/e3p6UBNplJI?pli=1 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Nobody: 6:08pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Iamgrey5:and onu ? was he not forced to step down ? |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Iamgrey5(m): 6:11pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Igbochief001:App was ANPP and AD What is really the stake of Onu in APP? |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Nobody: 6:12pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Iamgrey5:app n ad agreed to present one candidate from South West as that was the mood of Nigeria |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Iamgrey5(m): 6:14pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Igbochief001:APP was a Northern and South west alliance like APC of today Hence, the West got the presidential candidate while North got Vice presidential candidate. |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by mabea: 6:20pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Iamgrey5:Of course he did but the choice of Obasanjo was not by merit. As long as as PDP was concerned, Obasanjo didn't have such influence but he was engraced by the anonymous arrangement |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by hajimosho(m): 6:21pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
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Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by mabea: 6:23pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Iamgrey5:APP stood no chance hope you know that |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by helinues: 6:29pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by mabea: 6:33pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
helinues:And you guys are good with blackmail |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Aufbauh(m): 6:36pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
Akuko..... What of North East and North Central that haven't produce the president in the North. Same people who were opposed to rotational presidency in the recent past citing that it should be by merit are now clamouring for 'compensational president '. Sheer hypocrisy! |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by helinues: 6:38pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
mabea: We fight for what belongs to us not waiting like some people who are expecting 2023 presidency to be given to then on the platter of gold... Hahahahaha |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Iamgrey5(m): 6:43pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
mabea:No he won because he was a boy boy Obasanjo an Ex military head of state had no influence in PDP? In case you are too Young or not born then, North trusted Obansajo more than any of the candidates to return power back to them just like he did as a military head of state. |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Iamgrey5(m): 6:45pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
mabea:The only people that voted APP were a few core northern states and about five South west state. Onu had no major influence in APP whatsoever. |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by limeta(f): 6:46pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
God bless Ipob |
Re: Igbos Won't Die If We Don't Get Presidency In 2023 - Victor Umeh by Ojiofor: 7:01pm On Aug 31, 2020 |
[s] Charmingrascal:[/s] Trash,Yoruba presidency come 2923 is dead or arrival. OUK 2023. |
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