Politics

Igbo presidency in 2023 dicey – APGA chairman

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6 years ago

March 1, 2019

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance , Dr Victor Oye, has said going by the pattern of voting in the Saturday’ s presidential poll in the South- East , the possibility of the Igbo producing the President of the country in 2023 is dicey .
The South – East geopolitical zone voted overwhelmingly for the Peoples Democratic Party in the election .

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday in Amawbia , near Awka, the Anambra State capital , Oye blamed the Igbo for always putting their “ eggs in one basket . ”

He said the Igbo should stop playing politics of emotions and face what he called the “ reality of the country’ s monolithic political structure . ”

He said , “ For me, I believe the Igbo play more of politics of emotion than politics of pragmatism. They are not realistic ; they always pander to emotionalism .

“ Everything to them is all about a particular interest. Once they make up their mind to go towards a particular direction , that is where a sizeable number of them will go .

“ So, I’ m not optimistic about 2023 Igbo presidency going by what has happened now . ”

He said the Igbo should come together as a people to discuss their common interest.

He added , “ Their common problem is unity . They cannot always come together and they are easily swayed by extraneous things as demonstrated in the last two elections of 2015 and 2019 .

“ Igbo should realign themselves and re -determine the options before them .

From what happened last Saturday, the Igbo people worked as a team ; but in the end , they lost . They won the battle and lost the war.
“ They asserted themselves , showing they can make things happen. It shows that if they pool their resources together and work under one political party , they will make more foray .

“ Ndigbo need to play at the national level and not ethnocentric regional politics , knowing that Nigeria is a monolithic political structure . ”