2023: Igbos Should Wait For Another Time - Sen Orji Kalu

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that it will be difficult for any Igbo to win the presidency without zoning the seat to the South East.

Kalu made this known while briefing reporters at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said that no geopolitical zone can win the presidency without the help of other zones.

He urged his fellow politicians from the South East eyeing the highest office to wait for another time when major political parties would agree to zone the ticket to the region.

“Presidency is not a regional issue. I asked the political parties to zone the presidency to the South East.

"When they didn’t do that and since the presidency is not a regional issue, I had to withdraw.

“I have no problem with the Igbo man being president.

"But we have to do it with other Nigerians. If we don’t do it with other Nigerians, it is not going to work, no matter how popular you are.

"It’s the president of Nigeria, not the president of Igboland.

“I’m an Igbo man to the core. I’m also a Nigerian to the core.

"If anyone from the Southeast had been nominated for the presidency, I would have been the one.

"So, it’s a party business. I have no grudges against anybody who is running”, he said.