2023 Presidency: Chekwas Okorie Blames Igbo Leaders For Silence

– UPP National chairman, Chekwas Okorie said that South East should be allowed and supported to enable the region address its challenges ranging from economy and infrastructures

– He berated disgruntled Igbo leaders over unpatriotic utterances which he asserted, were inimical and dangerous to the aspiration of the South easterners

– It is worrisome though, that while eminent and respected opinion leaders from other political zones are lending their weighty voices in our favour

 

The National chairman of United Progressives Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has said that “2023 provides Ndigbo their brightest opportunity to produce the long overdue Igbo President of Nigeria.

The Abia-born UPP chairman, made the statement on Monday.

Okorie insisted that equity demanded that South East should be allowed and supported to enable the region address its challenges ranging from economy and infrastructures.

He berated disgruntled Igbo leaders over unpatriotic utterances which he asserted, were inimical and dangerous to the aspiration of the South easterners to take its shot in the presidential villa come 2023.

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He opined, “2023 provides Ndigbo their brightest opportunity to produce the long overdue Igbo President of Nigeria.

“It is worrisome though, that while eminent and respected opinion leaders from other political zones are lending their weighty voices in our favour, some of our own,(South Easterners) supposedly enlightened people are displaying very embarrassing lack of self confidence and defeatism that will obviously pain to no limits the valiant souls of the legendary, courageous and ebullient Dr Azikiwe, Dr M.I. Okpara, Dim Odumegwu-Ojukwu etc”.