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Just in: Now that Buhari has won, prepare for 2023 - Imo monarch tells Igbos

Following the victory of Muhammadu Buhari at the polls, a traditional ruler in Isiala Mbano local government area, Imo state, Eze Oliver Ohanwe, has asked the Igbo political leaders to commence moves for the 2023 presidency.

Vanguard reports that the traditional ruler spoke to journalists in Owerri, the capital of Imo state, on Sunday, March 3, arguing that he was justified in his call for Ndigbo to support Buhari’s second term bid.

The monarch further pleaded with President Buhari to use the current opportunity of his reelection to address the issues which Nigerians bitterly complained about.

He urged Buhari to, through his administration, address issues relating to regular power supply; job creation; security, improved ICT; agricultural revolution as well as sustaining the war against corruption.

He pleaded with the south east region to stop playing what he described as clannish politics, for which reason the region has continued to suffer politically compared to other zones of the country.

“Igbos have not learnt anything from the political mistake they made in 1979 by given maximum support to NPP instead of NPN as a national party as well as in 2015 when the political wind of change was blowing in favour of APC but they stick to PDP despite her glaring dwindling fortune and similarly when the presidential odds favoured APC in 2019.

“I was abused by some eminent Igbo sons and daughters, some politicians after insulting me even cast aspersions on me, all because of my support for Buhari and his administration, some of them accused me of being anti-Igbo. I was highly misunderstood.

“The truth is that I am a man that sees tomorrow, I understand Nigeria politics, the intrigues and the power play. I have worked, done businesses and lived in virtually all the geo-political regions of the country, so I know the peoples mind sets.

“That Buhari won his closet rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of PDP with over 3.5 million votes, shows that President Buhari is still popular. Our people were deceived by the antics of the social media.

“All over the world no conduct of an election has been declared perfect and that if proper investigations are carried out you will discover that all the major contenders are guilty of one of the electoral offences or the other.

“Ndigbo should start now to strategize ahead of 2023 and be committed in bridge building and weeping of sentiment so that it will be easy to get Nigerian president of Igbo extraction then.

“I advised President Buhari not to discriminate against any ethnic group as he promised in his presidential victory speech and to run an all inconclusive administration.

“Buhari should use his second tenure to correct the wrongs people complained of and give priority attention to issues,” he said.

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