Igbo Presidency: Don’t Exclude Delta, Rivers Igbos From Presidential Race - Shehu Sani Advices

Former representative of Kaduna Central at the Nigerian Senate, Shehu Sani has advised the Igbos who are agitating for Igbo Presidency come 2023 not to sideline Igbos from Rivers and Delta state from the 2023 Presidential race.

Sani who dished this advice in reaction to comment by former Senate President that the 2023 Presidency should be for pure Igbos, pointed out that blood is thicker than water.

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"Dear Distinguished Senator Pius Anyim,Dont exclude Delta and Rivers Igbos from the race.Blood is thicker than boundaries," Sani tweeted.

Recall that former Senate President Ayim Pius Ayim had over the weekend said that the time has come for Igbos from the South- Eastern region to boldly pursue their presidential ambitions.

“It is my opinion that the Igbo of the south-east geo-political zone is in continuous search of a system, or if you like, a polity that guarantees and secures his social, political and economic interest based on equality of citizenship, equity and justice. I make bold to say that the Igbo of the south-east geo-political zone can find this in Nigeria,”

“The journey to building an equitable society is usually challenging and rough, but many nations have arrived safely from this journey. It is, therefore, my position that those who posit restructuring have a point but should work harder to secure national consensus to make it possible.

“Also those who advocate for president of Nigeria of south-east extraction should diligently and boldly pursue it for the time has come, and the time is now. It is, therefore, my considered view that the present-day political interest of the Igbo of the south-east geo-political zone is to attain the presidency of Nigeria come 2023,” Ayim Pius Ayim said.

The statement by the former President, however, sidelined Igbos that are from the South-South region of the country.