2023: Ikpeazu Reveals Why Igbos Should Produce Next President

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has revealed why Igbos should produce the next Nigerian president come 2023.

Ikpeazu in a press statement after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the Southeast knows and understands Nigeria better than any other region.

He also said that the southeast should not look at the 2023 presidency as a right, rather they should negotiate with other parts of the country on the need to allow the zone to produce the President of the country.

“Having said that, I think that the southeasterners have a right to take a shot at the presidency of Nigeria and I dare say that our qualification starts from the fact that we understand and know Nigeria better than the other states of Nigeria.

“I dare say, this is my opinion. We go everywhere, we are everywhere, we invest everywhere, we are pan-Nigerian people.

“Today, a lot of people, on a lighter note, are afraid of Sambisa. But for an Igbo man, Sambisa is a business opportunity.

“So, it will be preposterous of me not to add my voice to that one.

“However, the question of Nigeria’s president of South-East extraction is a national question that requires negotiation, discussion and conversation with all parts of this country and I am least qualified to determine what happened in 2023,” Ikpeazu said.