A former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sir Mike Okiro, has voiced his support for the president of Igbo extraction in 2023, arguing that it is in the interest of fairness, equity and justice.
Okiro, also a former chairman of the Police Service Commission, pointed out that in the current dispensation, the North, South West and South – South have all produced the president of the country except Ndigbo whether from South East or South–south, adding that Ndigbo are bona fide citizens, whose enormous contributions and sacrifices for the development of Nigeria cannot be questioned.
The former police boss, however, tasked Igbo to reach out to other ethnic nationalities across the country, to also secure their supports for the realisation of the project.
Okiro spoke at one-day meeting with members of a 2023 Pro-Igbo presidency group – Okezuo Igbo – which he hosted at his private residence in Owerri, Imo State.
He reminded members of the group that the road to success has always been rough and stormy, enjoining them to put their houses in order and also reach out to other ethnic nationalities to actualize their dream.
“I wholeheartedly support the quest for a presidency of Igbo extraction in 2023, but going for it means that you should make hay while the sun shines and also reach out to the other zones,” he said.
In a communiqué made available to journalists at the end of the meeting, the National Coordinator of Okezuo Igbo, Ezinwa Akuakonobi explained that the Organization is a group of like minds for the realisation of the envisioned Igbo presidency project.
Ezinwna, who expressed gratitude to the national leader of the group Mike Okiro for his support to the body, enjoined members to retire to their various states, LGAs, communities and wards for aggressive grassroots sensitization and mobilization.
“What we are talking about is a president of Igbo extraction and such a president can come from Rivers, Delta or Benue states so long as he is a bonafide Igbo man,” he concluded.
