Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for a Nigerian from the South East to be elected President in 2023.
Obasanjo told members of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Political Action Committee, who paid him a visit at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta on Tuesday, May 10, that the South-East should be allowed to produce Nigeria’s President in 2023 because it would ensure peace, justice, fairness, and long-term national development.
Obasanjo went on to say that the next president of Nigeria should be from the south at the very least.
“The next president of Nigeria must come from the South East. The least acceptable minimum is a president from the Southern part of Nigeria”, Obasanjo was quoted by Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s spokesman, Alex Ogbonnia, as saying
The former President, who commended Ohanaeze Ndigbo for demanding their rights, told the delegation that what he “owes Nigeria is sincerity, objectivity, and guidance.”
“Federal character, rotation of power and such other measures are meant to help our nation-building process and more sure-footedly, move Nigeria forward. Riding over these measures rudely, shoddily and roughly cannot augur well for our nation-building process and progress.”he said.