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Group Shortlists Okonjo-Iweala, Kema Chikwe, 16 Other Top SouthEast Politicians for 2023 Presidency


A group, under the aegis of Umunna Lekki Association, has shortlisted some persons in Igboland as potential candidates for the emergence of an Igbo President in 2023.

The group that comprises young Igbo entrepreneurs residing in the Lekki, Ikoyi, Banana Island, Victoria Garden City (VGC) and Victoria Island axis of Lagos State, expressed its readiness to support the course.

This follows the agitation for the zoning of presidency to the South-East.

The list was revealed on Tuesday in a statement by President of the group, Ikem Umeh-Ezeoke, noting that each of them has the capacity to take the country to greater height.

The candidates were shortlisted from five states of the South East geopolitical zone. From Abia State, they listed Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Prof. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and former Abia State governor, Orji Uzoh Kalu.


From Anambra State, they listed former governor of the state, Peter Obi, Charles Udeogaranya, Ben Obi and Henry Okolie-Aboh. The candidates listed from Ebonyi State included the state governor Dave Umahi, Ogbonnaya Onuh and Anyim Pius Anyim.

In Enugu, they picked Geoffrey Onyema, Prof. Barth Nnaji, Nnia John Nwodo Jnr and Ike Ekweremadu. For Imo State, they listed Emeka Ihedioha, Rochas Okorocha, Kema Chikwe and Humphrey Anumudu.

The group  also revealed their readiness to donate billions to the two main national political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if they nominate Nigerians of Igbo extraction to fly their flags in the 2023 presidential election.

 





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