Former
Vice-President of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ekwueme, has predicted the Igbo would
produce the presidency of Nigeria as he gives recipe for political players in
the zone on how to achieve the feat.
Vice-President of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ekwueme, has predicted the Igbo would
produce the presidency of Nigeria as he gives recipe for political players in
the zone on how to achieve the feat.
Ekwueme said politicians from the entire
South-East zone should start engaging in robust talks with their counterparts
from other zones of the federation, as, according to him, doing so would offer
them the bulwark of support which he stressed the south-east required to get
the presidential slot.
South-East zone should start engaging in robust talks with their counterparts
from other zones of the federation, as, according to him, doing so would offer
them the bulwark of support which he stressed the south-east required to get
the presidential slot.
The one time presidential aspirant under
the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on the basis of
justice, equity and fair play, Igbo deserved to be accorded the right to rule
Nigeria if only to shake off the marginalisation of the zone in the scheme of
politics at the centre.
the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on the basis of
justice, equity and fair play, Igbo deserved to be accorded the right to rule
Nigeria if only to shake off the marginalisation of the zone in the scheme of
politics at the centre.
He spoke exclusively with the Nigerian
Tribune in his private residence in Enugu, just as he said President Goodluck
Jonathan had the right to contest the 2015 presidential election.
Tribune in his private residence in Enugu, just as he said President Goodluck
Jonathan had the right to contest the 2015 presidential election.
He said Nigerians need not goad President
Jonathan into declaring interest in re-contesting his seat in 2015, noting that
the president could decide for himself on the issue.
Jonathan into declaring interest in re-contesting his seat in 2015, noting that
the president could decide for himself on the issue.
Ekwueme, a member of the PDP Board of
Trustees, however, said he was distraught with the crises in PDP which he had
helped co-founded, just as he berated the leadership of the party for not
consulting adequately on what to do to end the crises.
Trustees, however, said he was distraught with the crises in PDP which he had
helped co-founded, just as he berated the leadership of the party for not
consulting adequately on what to do to end the crises.
He specifically expressed disappointment
with the inability of the PDP national headquarters to convene a meeting of the
50-man Advisory Elders Council which the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur, inaugurated after he was elected to lead the party early in 2012.
with the inability of the PDP national headquarters to convene a meeting of the
50-man Advisory Elders Council which the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur, inaugurated after he was elected to lead the party early in 2012.
He said he and many more members of the
committee would have loved to offer a helping hand in surmounting the crises
within the PDP if the top echelon had reached out to them.
committee would have loved to offer a helping hand in surmounting the crises
within the PDP if the top echelon had reached out to them.
Source: Tribune
