By Aderogba George
The Equity Group, a combination of 45 political parties on Thursday called on the South–East and politicians of Igbo extraction to work together to produce the next president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, come 2023.
The National Chairman of the group, Mr Okey Chikwendu, made the call at a news conference in Abuja.
According to him, the total exclusion of Ndigbo from national leadership equation has become matter of grave concern to well-meaning Nigerians.
Chikwendu said the Igbo deserve visionary treatment and should be given space to produce the next president.
According to him, a president of Igbo extraction will work assiduously towards genuine national unity given their spread and investment in all the nooks and crannies of the country.
“Historically and geographically, Nigeria sits on a tripod namely: North, East and West.
“Under both variants of civilian/democracy and military government regimes that have…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
