Prof. Madubuike Ezeibe, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Igbo Think Tank, has asked the G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, to support Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi.Information Guide Nigeria
Given Obi’s popularity among Nigerians, Ezeibe believes the G5 governors would make the correct decision for the country.
He spoke on Wednesday in Umuahia, Abia State’s capital, at the fourth edition of the Igbo International Christmas Retreat, which was organised by the Igbo Think Tank and Nzuko Ndigbo.
According to him, Obi remains the most popular among the presidential candidates for the 2023 election, based on the attributes Nigerians seek in a future president.NYSC portal
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He said, “We are Igbo and have to promote our own. Think of age, mental capability, he is not comparable with others.
“We are insisting that Nigeria should support a president of South-East extraction.
“In 1999 the current political dispensation with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, then we went to North with former president Musa Yaradu, unfortunately he died and former President Goodluck Jonathan completed his ternure and power went back to North again for them to complete their turn.
JAMB portal“We are saying that the Igbos should be supported to produce a president.
“I’m advising the G5 governors to adopt Obi, because he we formerly of the PDP. If the G5 adopt him and PDP National Assembly members accept to work with him if he wins the election, that means the G5 has won because they will succeed in bringing the presidency to South, while the chairmanship of the party can remain in North. That’s a clever way of getting what they want
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Other problems covered during the retreat that concern the South-East and Nigeria include insecurity, peaceful coexistence of Igbo with other Nigerians, and the development of an additional state for the South-East, as recommended by the 2014 National Conference.
Chuks Ibegbu, the retreat’s local organising chairman and leader of Nzuko Ndigbo, stated in a statement that the retreat gives all Igbo-speaking Nigerians within and outside the South-East geopolitical zones the opportunity to debate issues impacting them in Nigeria.
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