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South-east leaders demand to produce president in 2015

South-east leaders are demanding that they have a turn at the helm of power during the 2015 presidential elections. Prominent leaders of the region converged … Continue reading South-east leaders demand to produce president in 2015


South-east leaders are demanding that they have a turn at the helm of power during the 2015 presidential elections.

Prominent leaders of the region converged in Abuja to discuss the pressing issue of producing a president in the 2015 race and convener Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife insisted that “rotation has meaning only in the context of six geopolitical zones”.

He argued that for the rotation system to be fair the south east must be given a turn at “producing the President”.

Presidential power is subjected to a zoning system in Nigeria, a method that was adopted to enable both the north and south ends get a chance at producing the President. So far, the South East feels rather excluded from the rotation.

“Five zones have so far had more than five years of being in power,” Dr. Emenife said, adding that the geopolitical zoning system, which has been criticised as ineffective can be scraped only after south east has had its turn at the most powerful seat in the country.

“We will go to every nook and crane, persuading Nigerians to give us teh chance that is due to us as Igbo people,” Emenife said.

He added that after gathering support, south east leaders will look amongst themselves to decide on a representative in the 2015 general elections.

“Some people will indicate interest, we will process them and select who we thing will do the best for Nigeria,” Emenife said.