Group strategises for Igbo presidency in 2019

Group strategises for Igbo presidency in 2019

ON October 3, 2017 4:15 PM / IN News / BY
Ugoh Solomon Chinonso
By Ugochukwu Alaribe
ABA- A group, Igbo Presidency Organization of Nigeria, IPON, has held a town hall meeting in Aba, Abia state, with an appeal to the North and South West geo political zones of the country to join hands with the South East zone to produce a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in 2019.
The group which said it believes in the indivisibility of the federal republic of Nigeria also lamented that in the 57 years of Nigeria’s independence, the leadership of the country has been lopsided against Ndigbo.
Speaking at the town hall meeting tagged; Towards the Re-awakening of Nigeria, – ‘The instrument of Igbo Presidency’, the National Chairman, Igbo Presidency Organization of Nigeria, Comrade Ikechukwu Mgborogwu, said the group had realized that power is not given, but acquired and has decided to adopt a more globally accepted  ways of acquiring power to the presidency of Nigeria by Ndigbo, through reaching out to sections of the country.
According to him, “We believe in the indivisibility of the federal republic of Nigeria according to our Constitution. We, in IPON, are calling on our brothers from the North and West to join hands with the South East geo political zone to produce a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2019.
“We are mobilizing in all the South Eastern states and beyond for this task.  Presently, we are existing in more than 20 states outside the core Igbo states, including the support we have from our brothers in Diaspora.”
“It is unfair that Nigeria, a nation made up of six geo political zones has maintained its presidency outside Ndigbo. ”
Also speaking, Prof. Charles Chinekezi , stated that Ndigbo have been unfairly treated in the last 40 years in Nigeria and urged the people of the South East zone to insist on being treated as full citizens of Nigeria with others.
“The time to think for Igbo presidency is now.  The time to dialogue for Igbo presidency is now. We must build bridges of understanding across all sections of Nigeria. The time to do it is now,” he said.
The group disclosed that it would hold a world Igbo convention in Aba before the end of 2017, to discuss the way forward on how to produce a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction, stressing that it is ready to partner with any political party that would hand over its presidential ticket to an Igbo candidate.