President Of Igbo Extraction: Fani Kayode Says Atiku Not The Hope

By Ayodele Oni

A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Fani Kayode does not see Atiku Abubakar as a stepping stone for Igbo to realize their Presidential ambition.

The South-east, has been clamouring for the Presidency since the advent of the present political dispensation.

The two leading political parties have not been able to field any candidate from the Zone despite attempts by Indigenes to secure their nod.

With the 2023 election knocking at the door, only the Labour Party, (LP) boasts of a candidate for the Presidency from the Zone, Peter Obi.

Chief Fani-Kayode, is of the view that the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar is not the stepping stone to Igbo presidency.

Fani-Kayode said Atiku who has been vying for the Presidency in the past 30 years but failed, can’t be the stepping stone to Igbo Presidency.

Atiku had promised to bequeath the Presidency to the Igbo if they elect him in 2023. He made the pledge during his campaign rally in Anambra State.

Reacting, Fani-Kayode said nobody can stop the Igbo from producing the Presidency when the time comes.

In his Facebook post, Fani-Kayode described Atiku as arrogant with his statement and not ‘the Messiah the Igbo want now.’

The Facebook post by the former Aviation Minister reads partly: “Do the Igbo need you to become President?

“You have been trying to be President for over 30 years and you have not been able to make it and now you are saying you will be the stepping stone for someone else.

“Please gather your senses together and hear the following: when the time for an Igbo Presidency comes, no-one can stop it and they will not need a fading, weak, corrupt, deceitful, dishonorable, treacherous, anti-Southern religious bigot and ethnic hegemonist to be a stepping stone for them.”