Igbos will run for presidency after Buhari’s second tenure, Apugo replies Obasanjo

A member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC Board of Trustees, BOT, Prince Benjamin Apugo, has said Igbos will take a shot at the presidency after the second tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari expires in 2023.

Apugo said this in reaction to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s remark that the Igbos should run for the Presidency in 2019.

TheNewsGuru.com recalls that the former President had recently challenged the Igbos to contest Nigeria’s presidency come 2019.

However, Apugo had while addressing reporters at his Nkata Ibeku country home in the state, urged people of the South East to disregard Obasanjo’s call for a President.

The APC stalwart said, “What I do know is that Ndi Igbo should talk about Presidency after President Muhammadu Buhari. I think we should support this government.

Berating Obasanjo for his comment, Apugo added, “Former President Obasanjo feels he can muzzle the Igbos because he perceived we do not have a leader; why should Obasanjo say 2019 is the turn of the Igbos, is he an Igbo man?

“Or is he the one who gives presidency to any race? If its Obasanjo that gives president to anybody, why didn’t he succeed himself when he sought for a third term?”