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2023: Okorocha says nothing like Igbo presidency

Tuesday, November 05, 2019 at 2:54 PM by Wale Akinola

- Senator Rochas Okorocha has expressed his view about 2023 presidential election

- The former governor carpeted those calling for Igbo presidency in 2023

- Okorocha noted that what we have is Nigerian presidency or Nigerian president not Igbo presidency

The agitation by notable Nigerians, especially the people of the southeast geopolitical zone, for Igbo presidency in 2023, has been punctured by the former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha.

Daily Trust reports that Okorocha, who is the lawmaker representing Imo West at the Senate, said there is nothing like Igbo presidency in Nigeria.

Legit.ng gathered that while speaking in Kano, the former governor said that what obtained was Nigerian presidency or Nigerian president not Igbo presidency.

He noted that it was normal to talk of Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in which case it was possible in 2023 as it was possible with any other ethnic group in democracy.

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“I don’t think there is anything called Igbo presidency in Nigeria. We don’t have any such nomenclature as Igbo presidency, what we have is Nigerian presidency or Nigerian president.

“What you may be asking will be what you make of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction, and if that’s the question, then absolutely democracy is about the people and the southeast is not on its own, it is part and parcel of this country and it is possible as with other states and other ethnic groups," he said.

The senator said over the years, primordial sentiments were allowed to control the political atmosphere of the country and determine the position one held adding, that it was not yielding positive results.

Commenting on the prospects of APC come 2023 elections, Okorocha said he was skeptical because of the lingering internal crises within the ranks of the party.