Ending Nigeria’s civil war in 2023

I wish to make a clarion call and urge major stakeholders between the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress(APC) to ensure the emergence of a  South East Presidential Candidacy for the 2023 election.

The fact of Igbo marginalisation and political oppression is self-evident and thus a conscious move must be made across the political divide to ensure that the presidency is not just rotated between the North and the South West but also includes the South East. 

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It is the truth that the established convention is that power must rotate between the North and the South; not between the zones. Hence a president of northern extraction follows that of a southern extraction and vice versa.

Any consideration outside of this is foul and untrue. It is just that after President Buhari, power must come to the South. Any argument against this is inimical to the unity and stability of our nation.

The next president of the nation must come from the South East because the region is yet to produce a civilian president.

If this is made possible, it would go a long way in healing the wounds of the civil war.

Dr Doyin Okupe is a former presidential spokesperson