The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has revealed that he can not entrust the office of the presidency to an Igbo extraction.
The monarch said the sit-at-home order issued by the Eastern Security Network (ESN) was not only unfavorable to their survival but also to the growth of the country.
Oba Abdulrosheed also said the South Easterners should reconsider their approach as they are demanding a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction based on equity.
He made this known in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Alli Ibraheem.
According to him, no Nigerian will feel secure in the hands of a leader whose ethnic attachment deprived other Nigerians of their rights.
The monarch added that the failure of the South Easterners to change their approach will amount to chasing a shadow on their political journey of producing Nigeria’s president.
While acknowledging the damage done to the Igbos by the Nigerian civil war, he enjoined the southeasterners to abolish their attitude of preventing people from other parts of the country from acquiring properties in their domain.
He argued that the policy was not only damaging to their political strength but also a deficiency to the economic unity of Nigeria.
Oluwo said “The civil war wounds meted on south easterners is a weak factor to institutionalize policies capable of tearing the nation apart.
“I have people from across Nigeria in Iwo, including the South Easterners. They do not only have their businesses but also built their houses and own farmlands. Such is not only peculiar to Iwo but other parts of the country, except the South-East. A Nigerian in Nigeria should be able to own land anywhere.
“The style by the South easterners is barbaric. Such is not only detrimental to their economic viability but also their political recognition. As a traditional ruler, I can’t trust any South easterner as my President.
“You can’t be a leader on sectional interest. With such unsophisticated, primitive, and uncivilized thinking, no Nigerian from other zones will vote a south easterner as their President.”
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