2023: Orji Kalu Says Igbo Not Ready For Presidency

By Akinwale Kasali

Orji Uzor Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate has disclosed that Nigerians are not ready to have a President of Igbo extraction stressing that the Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi stand no chance of winning the February 25th, 2023, Presidential Election.

The former Abia State Governor said this  when he spoke on the 2023 general elections during a Channels Television programme, ‘The Verdict’ on Wednesday.

Kalu said Saturday’s Presidential election would not be the best outing for the Igbo despite having one of their sons among the top contenders.

Dismissing the chances of Obi emerging victorious in the polls, Kalu said “I’m well-experienced; I ran for President in 2007 and I’m not sure Nigerians are ready for a President of Igbo extraction.

“I’m not sure because I have tried to nose around that. We have five other regions to come up with and I am not sure.

“The people of the South-East are the best professionals but not the best politicians.

“We do politics with emotions and I want the Igbo to stop doing politics with emotions; I want the Igbo to do practical politics,” he added.

The Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District disclosed that the People Democratic Party, PDP, aggrieved governors popularly known as G-5, are silently working for the victory of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He is optimistic that the APC Candidate will have a landslide victory at the polls.