North will continue to rule Nigeria because Southerners have no conscience — Prince Eze

The struggle for an Igbo president in 2023 is still rife, but there seem to be some cracks within the region as some argue the region is simply not ready to lead the country.

Among the 'nay' group is oil mogul, Prince Arthur Eze, who in an interview with LEADERSHIP, said only God can make an Igbo man President because men of good conscience are hard to find the Southern part of the country.


Eze said, there's no love among the people, unlike in the Northerners whom he said are "very kind".

Responding to question on the agitation by the South-east to produce Nigeria’s President in 2023, he said, "For the Igbo to be president, they must love themselves. Do you love yourselves? Look at the South-east governors, do any of them ask whether you eat or not?

"Dunukofia Local Government Area makes about N150 million every month. Has Governor Obiano built anything in Dunukofia? Has he brought any industry to Anambra?



"Tell me, where will your children go tomorrow? Go to Yoruba land, in Ogun, you will see industries. Go to Rivers you’ll see industries. We have no war with anybody. The Northerners are very kind.

"If you go to Northern Nigerian, you will see Christian churches everywhere. There are Christian churches in Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna, Abuja and others yet they say there is hatred.

"Do we love ourselves as Igbo people? Provide something for you people, your own children. Very soon we shall die. Your children, where are you going to engage them? Which industry did they build? They didn’t build anyone, even if it is one that is producing toilet tissue. That is the problem.


"Listen, only God can make Igbo man president. We shall pray to God to find an Igbo man who has character to help people. Northern people are kind. I would prefer someone who has conscience; somebody who will remember you.

"I don’t care where you come from. I went to the north; they didn’t know who I was. Abubakar Rimi gave me $12 million for Kano TV in 1980. I didn’t have N1. He called Governor Solomon Lar and he gave me $12 million. It was the same thing in Katsina, Borno and Kaduna. Then, they put me in oil business. They didn’t care where I came from. Tell me any Igbo man who can do that.

"During the time of President Goodluck Jonathan, we had the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Pius Anyim Pius What did he do for Igbo people? He brought Julius Berger and they tarred his own road – the one leading to his house.



"All our roads were bad. It is President Muhammadu Buhari that is tarring our roads now. Look at Enugu – Onitsha Road, Enugu – Port Harcourt Road, Second Niger Bridge. He went and modernized Zik’s grave. Did Jonathan do that? Jonathan’s people wrote petition against him. His people said that he took their land and built a house. They copied me the petition and I showed it to him. I said look at it, they are your people. You could not even help your people. What do you want the North to do?"