The senator representing Imo west, Rochas Okorocha, says “Igbo presidency” does not exist.
He said that if the south-east want to produce the next president of Nigeria in 2023, they must have to work hard for it.
According to him, democracy is about “the people and south-east alone cannot make themselves president.”
Okorocha stated this while speaking with journalists after he was sworn into the Senate on Thursday.
“Power is not given, power is taken. The south-east cannot just fold their arms and expect power to be given to them just because you want power. Power does not go with sentiment some of the times, it’s on issues on ground,” Okorocha said.
“So you cannot be talking about Igbo presidency, it doesn’t exist. We may be talking about Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction but that depends on what other geo-political zones think about the issue.
“For me, what is important is let power be given to somebody who has something upstairs who can put food on the table of common man irrespective of religion or where you come from.”