2019: Igbo leaders rule out support for Buhari

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•Igbo presidency not as important as restructuring
•Buhari is quickest route to Igbo presidency – Osita

By Emmanuel Aziken, Emeka Mamah, Clifford Ndujihe, Vincent Ujumadu, Anayo Okoli, Henry Umoru, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Peter Okutu

The candidature of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election with the expectation of an Igbo born president in 2023 is not enough sweetener to draw Igbo votes to the president, a cross-section of Igbo leaders has deposed.

Igbo elders & Buhari

In separate responses to Saturday Vanguard, the Igbo leaders affirmed that nothing short of the restructuring of the country to put the various geopolitical zones on equal footing would appease them. The leaders, including elements from the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, politics, and other Igbo-centred organisations dismissed suggestions that voting for President Buhari in…



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