The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has said any attempt to produce a President of Northern and Muslim extraction in 2023 will be a recipe for a fresh Civil War, chaos and anarchy, insisting that it is undemocratic.
The Council emphasized that only a Christian of Southern extraction is ideal to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari as his tenure expires in the year 2023.
OYC in a release signed by Mazi okechukwu isiguzoro, the President General and Mazi Okwu Nnabuike Secretary General expressed displeasure that there are moves to install a Northern president in the country in 2023.
The council also called for the support of other regions of the country to help Igbo produce the next president, adding that the region has since the return of democracy supported other regions produce the presidents.
OYC also denied insinuations from some quarters that the Igbo prefers Biafra Republic over the Presidency project in 2023, saying it is a machination of anarchists and undemocratic elements fanning the embers of division.
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Press Release
2023; Ohanaeze Ndigbo Replies South/South Elders, agrees on Rotational Presidency( Between North and South) but disagrees on their stance on Biafra Over Igbo Presidency
(1) Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide Support the position of the South/South Elders Forum led by Chief Anabs Sara-igbe on the Northern Aspirations to Succeed President Muhammadu Buhari by Undemocratic elements, and any Attempt by these Northern Cabal to destroy the Unconventional agreement of Rotational Presidency between North and South, will definitely plunge Nigeria into another Civil War, Civil disobedience and Civil Unrest,in a multi-facets Democracy like us where religion and ethnicity plays a major roles in our Democracy,OYC advocates in 2023, that Nigeria should produce a Christian President from the South,to ensure Progress and Security,its an invitation to anarchy and Sucidal for a Muslim North or Muslim South to Succeed President Muhammadu Buhari but Definitely a Christian Southerner is what is ideal.
(2) Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide observed that in the twenty years of Nigeria’s Democracy, igbos supported Obasanjo, Yar’adua, Jonathan and Buhari, and deserve the Support from Nigerians across-the-board especially the Niger Delta in 2023, it’s on record that during 2011 and 2015 Igbo votes for Jonathan exceeded that of entire South/South Votes for Jonathan, the allusion the South/South will do one term is a Ruse, as it’s only Goodluck Jonathan that is limited by Nigeria’s Constitution for one Tenure, Until he declares interest ,2023 Igbo Presidency Project remains the hope of Nigeria,We advise Chief Anabs Sara-igbe to follow up with the footsteps of the leader of Niger Delta, and Elder Statesman,Pa Edwin Clark who had declared support for 2023 Igbo Presidency Project for peace, Justice and Fairness, apart from Goodluck Jonathan,every other South/South aspirants are entitled to the Constitutional provision of two terms.so OYC urge Sara-igbe to Support Igbo Presidency Project as he observed that igbos had never been in the saddle 50 Years after the Biafra War.
(3) OYC wishes to correct an erroneous but false impressions, that North Doubt Igbo’s Sincerity of Igbo Presidency Project Over Biafra, as a myth of falsehood created by proponents of Instability and undemocratic anarchists fanning the embers of Disintegration and Unity of Our beloved Country through promotion of hate and Malice, with evil intent aimed at halting a Nigerian President of Igbo stock 2023 through spread of lies against igbos, who are more Nigerians than tribe with investments worth over 221 trillion Naira in the North, We wish to remind Sara-igbe that it was Resource Control agitation been Championed by Niger Delta led to the Compensation for Jonathan’s 6 years Presidency,it was the activities of Boko Haram and Insecurity in the North motivated Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015,it was NADECO and OPC militia activities that led to Obasanjo’s Presidency in 1999, so definitely igbos are looking for Igbo Presidency 2023, and biafra agitation which includes South South region, is now Championed by their prominent son, Alhaji Mujihad Asari Dokubo, who is the Supreme Leader of the Biafra National Council, Definitely it’s the turn of South South region to support a Nigerian President of Igbo stock 2023 for posterity sake.
Mazi okechukwu isiguzoro
President General
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide
Mazi Okwu Nnabuike
Secretary General
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide
