Ahead of the 2027 general election, three prominent Igbo groups and concerned stakeholders of African Democratic congress ADC have vowed to work against Igbo governors opposing president of South East extraction.
This is even as they appealed to all the political parties to zone their presidential tickets to the South East geo- political zone in the spirit of justice equity and fairplay.
The groups urged the incumbent president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to shelve his ambition of seeking for a reelection, and allow the emergence of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction.
They argued that since the inception of the ongoing democratic rule in Nigeria in 1999, the south East zone remains the only zone that has not occupied the nation's seat of power in Abuja.
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National president,
South East Enlightenment Group, Dr. Godwin Udibe, who spoke on behalf of others, said their common goal was to galvanise the South East and other partners across the various regions of the country to support the South East to produce the president of Nigeria in 2027.
He appealed to all political parties to zone their presidential tickets to the South East in what would be a repeat of the zoning arrangement in 1998 when all the then three political parties zoned their presidential ticket to the South West.
"We are not unmindful of the poaching game by the ruling All Progressives Congress, which as of today has 31 governors in its fold.
"We note that the defections do not translate into improved wellbeing of South East citizens; neither can defection guarantee electoral success for the defectors.
"These political developments have further strengthened our resolve to push the South East collective interest.
"We, therefore, express our desire for the South East to have the exclusivity to produce the President of Nigeria in 2027, and reiterate our request on political parties to zone their presidential ticket to the South East.
"Furthermore, the South East will identify with political parties that field their presidential candidate from the South East. For the South East Governors working against South East presidency project, we will mobilize the South East to vote them out.
"For equity sake, we call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to run for second term in office in 2027 but to support a South Easterner to clinch the presidency for a single term to complete 8 years presidency in the South after which the presidency should return to the North" he stated.
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