The Igbo spirit would be against former President Goodluck Jonathan if he fails to support the election of an Igbo president in 2023, according to the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
In an interview with newsmen in Enugu, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Publicity Secretary, said that the suffering Ndigbo were going through under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was due to the support Igbo offered Jonathan.
Jonathan allegedly met with South-South leaders on December 27 to coordinate his purported intention to run for president in 2023, according to Ogbonnia.
The conference took place at Aridolf Hotels and Spars in Yenagoa, according to the article.
According to rumors, several northern APC governors were scheming Jonathan’s return to the presidency to appease the South and allow the North to reclaim power after four years.
A spokeswoman for Ohanaeze Ndigbo commented on the development, saying, “The Igbo position on Jonathan’s (alleged) presidential ambition in 2023 is that the Igbo spirit will be against him, the totality of Igbo spirit will be against him and he should realise it.
“Because he is expected to support the Igbo; a form of spiritual reciprocity, to reciprocate the Igbo kind gesture towards him.”
He stated that whatever Igbos endured under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was due to Jonathan.
He added, “Whatever you see the Igbo suffered under President Buhari was as a result of the support we gave Jonathan. He should realise it. That is the Ohanaeze Ndigbo position and by extension Igbo position.”
