The promise of supporting the prospects of a President of Igbo extraction in 2023 by the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been widely dismissed as deceptive by Igbo leaders.
They particularly described it as a ploy to get the region to support President Muhamadu Buhari’s perceived second term ambition, adding that it was not in the interest of Ndigbo.
Though the calls to support the party, which APC leaders described as the surest path to Igbo Presidency, sounded simplistic, Igbo leaders said the interest of the zone was not guaranteed in the APC.
Consequently, they told Saturday Vanguard, that they would mobilise the Igbo against what was labelled as the deceptive antics of the APC.
Saturday Vanguard observed that many in the zone viewed the President’s visit to Ebonyi State last Tuesday and his speech as the latest in the series of moves aimed towards attracting Igbo support ahead of the 2019 poll. Read More
