South-East Presidency Will Be Determined By 2019 Support For Buhari – SGF Tells Igbo

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, says the chances an Igbo presidency in 2023 “will be determined by 2019 support” for President Muhammadu Buhari.

The SGF said this on Tuesday while speaking to a crowd of supporters at the All Progressives Congress (APC) south-east mega rally in Owerri, Imo state capital.

While calling on the Igbo to back the President in next year’s poll, the SGF said the election will either make or mar the aspiration of Igbo nation.

“The people of the south-east have the right to make a claim to the rulership of this country,” he said.

“2019 will make or mar the aspiration of Igbo nation. I am calling on the Igbo to make a paradigm shift and think seriously of their position.

“The presidency of Nigeria is negotiable and can only be done on position of strength and the strength of the Igbo will be determined by 2019 support for Buhari.

“You are important in this nation, you control industries, you control trade and commerce, you control every process of our entrepreneurship. I appeal to you, the skills you’ve used in the past to be prominent in this area, bring it to bear in the political arena so that you can navigate your way to the presidency of this country after the second tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“I assure you that the Igbo people will overtake other part of the country by 2019,” he said.

The rally was attended by big-wigs of the ruling party, including new national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Since the return of democracy in 1999, Nigeria is yet to produce a president from the south-east region.