Some South-East leaders and politicians have been chastised by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for advocating for an Igbo man to be elected President of Nigeria in 2023.
The breakaway agitators said that the South-East leaders’ “begging posture” may make Ndigbo a laughingstock among Northerners.
In a statement, IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, stated that it makes no sense to be frantic for a power transfer in 2023 while its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, remains detained.
Chukwuemeka Ezeife, the former governor of Anambra State, stated the Southeast was ready to bow and beg other regions to back the region’s presidential ambitions in 2023.
“The attention of IPOB has been drawn to the unpatriotic moves by some unreliable elders in Biafraland who are begging the Alamajiri elders for President of Nigeria from Igbo stock in 2023.
“We want to make it categorically clear to desperate Igbo politicians that IPOB is not looking for any Nigeria President of Igbo extraction under the present contraption called Nigeria.
“Again, IPOB will not be party to their begging and fawning for a transient political office at the detriment of our freedom. They must understand that our singular concern is Kanu’s unconditional release. If our elders think they can use IPOB and Kanu to bargain their way to political office, they are in for the shock of their life,” the statement reads.
