This is one piece of story that may be very bitter for the South East to swallow.
As the agitation for an Igbo Presidency in 2023 continues to soar, the serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Tuesday night declared that such a dream might be a mirage.
The South-East cannot produce Nigeria’s next president, he declared point-blank in a live Instagram session with Ovation publisher, Basorun Dele Momodu.
The Igbo, the fire-spitting cleric posited, would require the solid support of the North or the South to achieve its dream, going by the country is currently structured.
Way out? Bakare said they must come out of their regional shell and play mainstream politics. The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, a dominant party in the region, cannot win the presidency for the Igbo, he said without mincing words.
“The Igbos are my brothers and sisters,” Bakare said. “God bless them. I love them and I care about them. They should also come to mainstream politics because APGA as a party cannot win a presidential election in Nigeria.
“Yes, every citizen of this country can aspire to that position regardless of ethnic personality and I will be too glad to see an Igbo president. But let us always remember that democracy is a ruthless game of numbers and if you don’t have the numbers you cannot continue to shout marginalisation.
“You should join mainstream politics and find a way of reaching out to others to form some kind of alliance or merger that will produce a victory at the poll.”
