The quest for Igbo presidency is a legitimate demand. Suffice it to say that other regions are morally bound to oblige Ndi Igbo this exalted position. In view of this, some regional establishments have queued behind the idea. However, notable Igbo political leaders will stop at nothing to undermine it. A good number of them do not even believe in it. Most Igbo politicians who are sustained by other regional perks, interests and political investments will ensure it never sees the light of the day. They are content with playing second fiddle. For them, it is better to protect their family, political patronages and friendships across the Niger than supporting Igbo presidency.
In fact, it is politically trite to conclude that Igbo people do not seem to have a direction and purpose. They do not even slightly know what they want. In politics, nothing good comes out of a cacophonous posturing. This is what Igbo people, especially their selfish leaders, are known for. The quest for Igbo presidency may no longer be tenable in 2023. The good intentions of those who worked hard for the presidential slot to be ceded to the South East in the interest of equity, justice and fairness is already dead. The political Judases in the region and the enormity of damage they have done to that quest is unimaginable. They gladly scuttle the regional cause for their selfish political gains.
Every region has political spoilers and rabble rousers. The selfish wannabes who are only after the crumbs from their master’s table. But those from the South East are the worst set of contemporary pharisees. What does it profit Igbo political leaders after betraying their region but their political proteges still woefully failed to win the primary elections?
Recent political events have evidently shown that Igbo people do not know what they want. Like crabs in a glass tumbler, the pull him down syndrome and lack of purpose among politicians from South East is embarrassing. Who could believe that those shouting marginalisation are the same crop of people who sabotaged the emergence of an Igbo president in the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress conventions? The same man who cried out to the public for justice personally scuttled it.
Other regions are glad Ndi Igbo have deliberately pulled down their own house with their hands. Those who sold the interest of Ndi Igbo for their personal political aggrandisement should know that the day of reckoning is here. In fact, they have received a dose of their recompense with the combined failed outing of their political alignments.
The voting pattern of South East delegates at both the APC and PDP conventions showed that there is something evidently wrong with an Igbo man.
Sunday Onyemaechi Eze wrote via [email protected]
