Igbos not guaranteed presidency until ‘I am richer than you’ mentality is erased – Sen. Alex Kadiri

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Alex Kadiri has explained why igbo’s can’t get 2023 presidency, difficulties involved and changes the necessary for them.

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 Senator Alex Kadiri in an interview with Tribune’s  OSARETIN OSADEBAMWEN  revealed his opinion on South-East getting 2023 presidency consideration.

He said “My belief is that power cannot remain in the North forever. Power has resided in the North for too long. Having said that, I must be frank with you, you are in my house. Nobody gives you power. You go in search of it and fight for it just 

“Now, whether the presidency goes to the Igbo people in the South or the Ijaw who are also in the south or the Bini who are also in the South, only God knows. I hate this idea of people saying the presidency is now for the Igbo man. I was surprised that a man like Okwesilieze Nwodo, former chairman of a party like the PDP, is saying that if they don’t give the Igbo people the presidency, he would ask Igbos to go and join Kanu in IPOB. That is almost a treasonable statement”. He added.

Meanwhile Senator Alex Kadiri when asked if he thinks it  is not possible for the Igbo man to be president in 2023 responded;

“ I can’t see the way through. You tell me how? As I just mentioned to you, there is no serious Igbo man in APC. There is Ogbonnaya Onu, Hope Uzodinma but the only person to me is Chris Ngige. He is the one that has the experience; he has been a governor, a senator and now he is a minister”

“So  in terms of experience, he has it but has he got the backing at home? These are the issues. Somebody may drop from America or from Europe or India that we don’t know yet”. He concluded.

However giving his honest advice for the Igbo nation, he said, “What they need to do is to widen the scope of their political participation. This mentality of I am richer than you is what is killing them and that has led to many sections of this country hating them. You want to be richer than your neighbour, money all the time. If they can spread out their net, catch more fishes, when the time comes, people would now look at the characters involved and make a choice.  

“When Dr. Alex Ekwueme was the vice-president, in spite of all criticisms about Igbo people, nobody could point accusing finger at him. Nobody that I know appeared in the media to say Alex Ekwueme is a corrupt person.  Can somebody like that come out of the South-East? This is the issue. But because of their pursuit of money, they do so many things and people have doubts about them”. Sen Alex added.

Daily Times gathered that in his list  of South-East Presidential material, Kingsley Moghalu of Young People’s party was excluded.