Former Governor of Abia State and the Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday ruled out the chances of an Igbo presidency through Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi.
Instead, the former chief Whip of the Senate threw his weight behind President Bola Tinubu to complete his eight years, saying he has the capacity to revamp the economy and bring back transformation to the country.
Kalu disclosed this when he was featured as a guest on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
The legislator further affirmed that whoever the people of South East choose to represent the region must be an acceptable candidate for all.
He said, “I am not going to discuss anything about the Igbo presidency. But I still tell you there is a need for it.
“(However) the Igbo must present an acceptable candidate to all Nigerians. No one zone can make a president. President Tinubu was not elected by the Yoruba. He was elected by all Nigerians.”
On when he thinks the time will be ripe for an Igbo presidency, Kalu evaded the question again before drumming support for the re-election of the President.
“Well, in our party we have only one presidential candidate now. And Tinubu has to do eight years. It’s a must. You can see the repairs he has done to the economy and things are starting to pick up again. This president is not even doing politics. He has never told anybody he wants to run for election or not.
“But as a party, we have mandated him to run and given him a vote of confidence. The NEC has given him a vote of confidence, through a motion proposed by the Governor of Imo State and announced by Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, who is the National Chairman of the party. So things cannot just get better in one night,” he noted.
