There are strong indications that the one-month-long pro-Biafra protests may cease if the deputy Senate president Ike Ekeremadu can become a PDP presidential candidate come 2019.
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This was revealed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the national president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth wing in an interview with Vanguard.
Speaking to the media organization, Isiguzoro also noted that if Nigeria can have Rochas Okorocha as the APC presidential candidate in 2019, the cries of marginalization, including protests by Biafra agitators will end.
Isiguzo made the remark while lauding former military Heads of States, General Ibrahim Babangida and General Yakubu Gowon for their support for Igbo presidency.
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Babangida had said in a recent interview that he will back an Igbo for the presidential seat in 2019 if he finds a credible personality.
This comes after Gowon had openly canvassed for an Igbo president to pilot the affairs of Nigeria in the nearest future.
According to Isiguzoro, the two former leaders are true elder statesmen.
He said: “Ohanaeze youths commended the two former military heads of state for their love for the unity of Nigeria through their support for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction.
“A Nigerian President of Igbo extraction is desirable in 2019 after President Muhammadu Buhari. An Igbo presidency will boost the unity of Nigeria. Former President Ibrahim Babangida said he will back an Igbo if he finds one; but we assured him and other Nigerians that Ndigbo have credible personalities who have the capacity to govern Nigeria.
“If we can get Senator Ike Ekeremadu as a PDP presidential candidate and Rochas Okorcocha as the APC presidential candidate in 2019, it will end the cries of marginalization, including protests by Biafra agitators.”
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The one-month-long pro-Biafra protests turned bloody on December 2, as nine of the agitators were killed and 18 injured in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra state.
In an interview with Sahara Reporters, Alphonsus Okechuukwu, the police public relations officer, confirmed that the responsibility for burning the Onitsha mosque and at least six Dangote trucks lay with the IPOB and MASSOB protesting members.
“MASSOB and IPOB are responsible for deaths and violence. They are holding people’s emotions hostage and setting fires,” Okechuukwu said.
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