It is becoming clearer by the day that both zones are not willing to leave anything to chance as they keep perfecting their strategies to produce the next president of the country. Although there are gladiators eyeing the number one position from other parts of the country, aspirants from the Southeast and Southwest are so far leading the pack, which points to a looming titanic struggle for power by the two zones.
With aspirants from the two zones now the early birds in the 2023 presidential race, Secretary General of Yoruba Council of Elders , Dr. Kunle Olajide, said the gladiators should be careful not to allow their personal ambition to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari becloud the desire of the people of their regions to see that the governance system of the country is redesigned to meet the standard of true federalism.
“How would you place the interest of Governor Umahi, who joined APC less than a year ago, coming to say it is the turn of Southeast and he is interested? What about those who struggled to form the party in 2013/2014. I see that as a wishful thinking.
According to the President of the forum, Akin Malaolu, the desire expressed by the gladiators from both Southwest and Southeast zones to produce Buhari’s successor in 2023 is normal. He, however, stressed the need for the two zones to have a kind of discussion and consensus among them, warning that there might be a kind of backlash.
“What is important as we head towards 2023 is that those expressing interest now should be smart enough to look at critical issues and areas of negotiation, bearing in mind that Nigerians desire good governance, constitution review and restructuring. There should be a clear and concrete agreement on these and other issues before power is ceded to anybody or zone.”
He commended Umahi and Kalu for discarding the entitlement and republican nature of Igbo politics to join the progressives’ fold.“However, Umahi and Kalu must continue to work with other zones and also continue among the progressives family if they aspire to take the presidency, definitely not in 2023, but later in the future. This is due to the way things are now.
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, believes and expects that power will eventually be zoned to the south and micro-zoned to the Southeast in the spirit of equity, fairness and justice in 2023. To the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, the declaration of interest by Tinubu is against then rules of natural justice.
Just thinking... Imagine Tinuibu et al., in Awolowo et al., shoes...🤔 Hmm... we'll be in 1962 in 2022!! When people like Tinuibu will have everything belongings to the country!! That's an ideal measure of their selfishness, greediness and proclaimed dedication!
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