A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former chairman of DAAR Communications LTD, Raymond Dokpesi, said the emergence of Nnamdi Kanu and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened the chances of the South-East in producing a president.
Recall that Dokpesi had said that no political candidate from the South-East or the entire South can win the 2023 presidential election nor outrun a candidate projected from the Northern part of the country.
In a statement on Monday, Dokpesi affirmed that some citizens believe that Kanu would force a president from the South-East geopolitical zone to declare Biafra.
Dokpesi noted that an Igbo President might be compromised as he alleged that Kanu might use militant tactics to blackmail whoever to declare the independence of the South- East.
According to him, “The emergence of IPOB and its influence across the South East has complicated and undermined the agitation for patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction to lead this nation as far as the 2023 election is concerned.
“If nobody has told Ohaneze Ndigbo before, the concern today from some other regions is that if Nnamdi Kanu plays the role of Aguiyi Ironsi in leading a militant revolt against constitutional government in the south-east under Igbo presidency, the president will be pressured by his base to facilitate the UN processes for the South East to call for independence from Nigeria.
“Thus an Igbo President may be compromised in protecting the political and geographic boundaries of Nigeria whilst Nigeria remains under the threat of IPOB’s secessionist activities.”
