The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has knocked the Northern Governors’ Forum for rejecting the call for power shift to South.
The group described the resolutions of the Northern governors as unacceptable and capable of undermining the unity of the country.
The Northern States Governors’ Forum during a meeting which held in Kaduna State on Monday had opposed the call by its Southern counterpart that the Presidency should move to the South in 2023.
The northern governors stated that rotational presidency is not constitutional, hence it can’t be impose on anyone.
Reacting, Ohanaeze rejected the resolutions, saying that the move by the governors will fuel the agitations of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The group also threatened that that it may join forces with IPOB should a Northerner succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
This was contained in a statement issued by the group’s Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Osiguzoro.
The statement reads, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide maintains that attempts to jettison the rotational presidency in 2023, and the North insisting to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari will be unfavorable and weakness towards sustaining the unity and stability in the country as it will favor the declarations of Oduduwa and Biafra nations by 2024.
“Northern Governors’ miscalculation on 2023 and meandering on blind excitements of opposing the position of southern Governors’ standpoints has put the Northern Governors as exponents of Nigeria’s breakup.
“If another Northerner succeeds President Buhari in 2023, he/she might not be able to be the superintendent over the affairs of the country as Nigeria might face brutal challenges from secessionist groups with full backing up from ethnic groups as a result of a revolt against the injustice against South and excesses of the North.
“Ndigbo may join with IPOB, to declare for Biafra restoration in the event of any conspiracy against the 2023 Igbo Presidency.
“Northern Governors should apologize to Nigerians for these subversive and provocative responses to 2023 Southern Presidency or should face the consequences of unable to read the mood of the nation with favors the southern presidency of Igbo bloc.”
