Tag: Igbo Presidency
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Of Amaechi, 2023 and Igbo quest for president, By Mideno Bayagbon
Amaechi and Igbo quest for president in 2023
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President of Igbo extraction in 2023 now in God’s hands – Gov Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Monday took a cursory look at the nation’s political landscape and declared that only God can now enable the South-East to produce a President of Igbo extraction in 2023. With President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration elapsing in about 17 months, there has been jostling and uncertainty over which region would…
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Doyin Okupe tenders apology to Igbos for comments on Ahmadu Bello
Doyin Okupe, a former Special Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has apologized to the Igbos for saying an Igbo presidency cannot evolve until the north forgives the Igbos for killing the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello. Okupe, who is also a former Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, tendered the apology…
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2023: Kalu, Ekweremadu, other southeast leaders unite, task political parties on Igbo presidency
The agitation for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction got a boost on Tuesday as different leaders of the southeast zone across political divides tasks all parties to choose their presidential candidates for the zone. In a communiqué signed by Senators Orji Uzor Kalu, Ike Ekweremadu, Anyim Pius Anyim, and others at the end of…
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2023: How Igbo presidency can be achieved – Ike Ekweremadu
Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate has said an Igbo presidency can only be achieved in 2023 if the South East begins to engage and negotiate with the Northern region of the country. Ekweremadu said this on Wednesday when he spoke at the 2020 edition of the Brandish Meeting of Minds Colloquium.…
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2023: “I want to be a martyr, sacrificed to achieve Igbo Presidency” – Umahi
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said he wants to be a martyr who will be sacrificed to achieve the much-sought Igbo presidency. Umahi made the declaration on Tuesday in Abakaliki while briefing newsmen, noting that only martyrs make sacrifices for the peoples’ interest in difficult times. The governor, who confirmed that he is defecting…
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2023: I do not agree to Igbo presidency – Galadima
Buba Galadima, former political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, claimed he does not agree with calls for Igbo Presidency in 2023. Galadima who downplayed the possibility of “Southeast presidency”, said he disagreed with the agitations. He disclosed this during The Morning Show on Arise Television. The former Reformed All Progressives Congress, R-APC scribe,…
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2023: Take your useless ‘Igbo presidency’, give us Biafra – IPOB
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that it will not drop its agitation for Biafra on the basis of a promised Igbo Presidency come 2023. It also restated its irrevocable resolve to observe the sit -at -home order by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on October 1st, 2020. The proscribed group, in a…
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2023: ‘Igbo presidency will save Nigeria’s threatened democracy’
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has called on APC, and PDP to adopt Igbo Presidency for 2023. Okechukwu spoke with journalists on Sunday, said if APC and PDP produced Igbo presidential candidates in 2023, it would solve the “prevalent gun-box democracy” and return “ballot…
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Northern youths blast Obasanjo for endorsing 2019 Igbo presidency
The Northern Progressives Youth Initiative has lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his support for the emergence of an Igbo president in 2019. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the youths said it was saddening that at a time patriotic Nigerians were praying to God for the fast recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently on medical…