A former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo has said the Southeast is entitled to the president of the country comes 2023.
Speaking in Amechi on Monday when a chieftaincy title was bestowed on him by the Amurri Ancient Kingdom, the former Senator said the Southeast should not be denied the chance to produce the president in 2023.
According to him, the West and the North have had produced president since 1999 till date, it was therefore the turn of the Igbo to produce the president.
Nwobodo explain that the country is sitting on a tripod and Igbo are one of the tripods and can’t be relegated to the background.
Nwobodo reiterated that for justice and equity to reign, the Igbo should produce president in 2023, irrespective of the party.
“We should not be denied it. It is the right of the Igbo to produce the president, whether in the All Progressives Congress (APC) or the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),” he said.
“It is time for Igbo presidency. At 80 I can say anything, nothing to be afraid of again. We are not joking about it. I’m serious about it. 2023 is the turn of Southeast to produce the president of Nigeria. We are all one irrespective of political affiliation. Whether APC or PDP, I see everyone as a brother”, he said.
while speaking on the reason he left the APC, he said “It is inconsistent. I can’t understand what was going on there. We were three who started PDP in Nigeria. Myself, the late Dr Alex Ekwueme and the late Dr Chuba Okadigbo. I am the only one alive among the three of us.
“I am back to PDP because it’s my natural habitat. I can understand every movement in the PDP”, Nwobodo said
