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The Eselu of Iselu Kingdom, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has declared his for Igbo presidency, DAILY POST reports.

The first-class monarch said the next Nigerian President should emerge from the South East for the sake of justice and equity.

In an open letter sent to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Eselu called his attention to the obvious tension in the country, which he said could be traced to cries over injustice and inequality from the southeast.

Oba Akinyemi opined that the insecurity bedevilling the South East would disappear if Igbos are given the opportunity to rule the nation.

“As a stakeholder and patriotic citizen of this country, I want to state without equivocation that the entire security challenges bedeviling this country from the South East will disappear within a twinkle of an eye, if and only if, all sections of this great country can come together to pave the way for the emergence of a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in the year 2023,” the Oba stated.

According to a copy of the letter made available to DAILY POST on Sunday, Oba Akinyemi mentioned that the wound inflicted on Nigeria through the Biafran war would continue to linger in the minds of well meaning Nigerians.

“How long are we going to hold the sin of the Biafran war against the people of the South East?’ For the sake of peace, I want to plead that Nigeria should forgive and forget the 1967 – 1970 Biafran debacle,” he pleaded.

“Mr. President, as we all know, the Igbos are our brothers and sisters who possess great talents in the area of small and big businesses within and across the borders of Nigeria. Based on their enterprising nature, they contribute heavily to the economic development of Nigeria through payments of huge taxes into the coffers of all levels of governments in our dear country; hence they should also be given what is due to them in Nigeria.

“Finally, I want Mr. President to know that there are some competent and trusted Igbos in your cabinet and party who can be entrusted with the position of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come year 2023.

“If Your Excellency can be magnanimous to and enthrone a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in the year 2023, it will not only write Your Excellency’s name in gold, but will also enable the South Easterners to have a sense of belonging in Nigeria,” the letter reads in part.

Speaking to DAILY POST, Eselu said he would rather an Igbo man in 2023 instead of ing the yet-to-be declared ambition of Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The traditional ruler said he would rise above ethnic sentiments to a Nigerian from the South East, saying “Yoruba has ruled Nigeria before.”

https://dailypost.ng/2021/07/04/2023-ogun-monarch-declares--for-igbo-presidency-rejects-tinubus-ambition/?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true

Just like Awolowo and Abiola before him, Tinubu will never be president.

Who stops Ibo from contesting?!

1993 Sylvester Ugoh contested with Bashir Tofa and lost

1998 Alex Ekweume contested against Obasanjo at the Jos primaries and lost

1998 Ogbonaya Onu contested against Olu falae and lost

2003 Orji Uzor Kalu , Okorocha contested and lost Okadigbo contested with Buhari and also lost


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This right here is a lover of one Nigeria in action and not just words.

Sadly, Igbo youths would rather have Biafra, if that was an option.

I won't mind an Igbo presidency for a change

TUANKU:
Just like Awolowo and Abiola before him, Tinubu will never be president.

Just like Obasanjo , Tunde Idiagbon, Sonekan, Dipo Diya and Osinbajo before him Tinubu is destined for AsoRock as a President

sweetshisha:


Just like Obasanjo , Sonekan, Dipo Diya and Osinbajo before him Tinubu is destined for AsoRock as a President

Diya and Osinbajo the cowards as president? When?
Diya who knelt down with his uniform and Lt.General rank (number 2 man) to cry and beg Major Al Mustapha for forgiveness?
Osinbajo is not any different, the man has no spine. Even if you drop presidency for ground Osinbajo will be afraid to pick it up for fear of buhari and his goons.

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TUANKU:

Diya and Osinbajo the cowards as president? When?

2IC Dipo Diya, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo SAN

The real Cowards are Ojuckwu and Kanu


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TUANKU:

Diya and Osinbajo the cowards as president? When?

Don't tell me you don't his obvious point?

Sunday Igboho the Oduduwa warlord is chilling in Sierra Leone while his gullible followers are being shot & arrested

Sophisticated fools!

DoggoneDogg:
Sunday Igboho the Oduduwa warlord is chilling in Sierra Leone while his gullinle followers are being shot & arrested

Sophisticated fools!

Nnamdi Kanu the Coward is chilling in DSS underground cell his followers are dead or in jail

Primitive fulls!!!

To contest isn't the same as to win

Igbo's and yorubas only fight on nairaland
in real life, they are allies

They will say the Oba has been possessed by the spirit of IPOB.Meanwhile, no sane Igbo man should be desirous of presiding a Nigeria Buhari has destroyed beyond repair.Whay should be advocated for is a total dissolution of his failed country.

If it disappears in Southeast, it will appear in the Northwest, Northeast and Ijaw Nation.

Arthurity1:

Shut that sh!t hole you call a mouth! It's always one brainless BMC ape that spews trash on nairaland.

Everyone is BMC to dolts incapable of mental tasking argument

He only entitled to vote once only if he have voter card.

It doesn't matter if it's Igbo or yoruba presidency....such person would be a puppet to the north and would spend a majority of his tenure trying to "prove himself" and trying to unfvck buhari's fvck ups......... restructuring is the only way and can be achieved if pressure is put on our senators and reps, those screaming Igbo presidency or Yoruba presidency are rettarded fools who can't think far ahead...

As if Igbo presidency will stop the agitation for Biafra..

Has boko haram stopped under Buhari?

Welcome development

some people will soon say his on his own