The apex youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has vowed that if the leading political parties in Nigeria, PDP and APC zone their 2023 presidential ticket outside Igbo land, the nation will break.
The group was reacting to the resolution of the Southern Governors in their meeting which took place in Lagos on Monday in which they said the 2023 Presidency should be zoned to the South.
Ohanaeze youths in a statement signed by Chukwuemeka Chimerue SA Media & Publicity To The National President Ohanaeze Youth Council titled, “SOUTHERN GOVERNORS RESOLUTION: OHANAEZE YOUTH COUNCIL INSIST ON NIGERIA PRESIDENT OF NDIGBO EXTRACTION … SAY’S NIGERIA WILL BREAK IF NDIGBO ARE DENIED APC & PDP PRESIDENTIAL TICKET” said anything outside Igbo Presidency in 2023 will not be acceptable.
He said this resolution was reached after its emergency stakeholders meeting in Owerri on Tuesday.
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The release made available to ABN TV partly reads, “Speaking with newsmen after the meeting, the National President of the Council, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka noted that it’s the turn of Southern Nigeria, but strictly the turn of Ndigbo to aspire and become the number one citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, stressing that those talking about Southern Nigeria should limit the collective aspiration to Ndigbo.
“A Nigerian President of Igbo extraction is a determinate factor for Nigeria’s unity and peace which has been in a fragile condition since 1970, Comrade Igboayaka stated.
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“He stated that Ohanaeze Youth Council(OYC) are new generation of Igbo extraction that have discovered what led to Nigeria Biafra genocide against Ndigbo and therefore denying Ndigbo presidential ticket of PDP, APC and any other third force will open the wound of 1966-1970 blood flow in Nigeria.
“For those who think that Nigeria peace and unity is sacrosanct should bear in mind that Ceding Major parties Presidential tickets to AlaIgbo is the mother of all necessities, Comrade Igboayaka affirmed.
“Comrade Igboayaka O Igboayaka appealed to all patriotic and progressive Nigerians with a sense of history to embrace the project of Nigeria President of Igbo extraction and see its actualization as anti-dote for the quest of self-determination by over eight separatist groups in Igbo land.
“Ndigbo are the most prominent race that practically believes in Nigeria by every statistical, political and economical parameter, therefore an Igbo man stands at the centre to unite and accommodate every tribe in Nigeria to actualize the “Real Giant of Africa” slogan, Igboayaka revealed
“Ndigbo have sacrificed a lot in Nigeria, from pre-colonial struggle, the actualization of Nigeria independent to this present day, “if there is any reason an Igbo man should not be president in 2023, they should tell Ndigbo the reason they should be part of Nigeria beyond 2023, Igboayaka concluded.”
