Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has said that the chances of the South East producing Nigeria’s next president in 2023 lies in the hands of God.
Umahi, the chairman of the Southeast Governors’ Forum, spoke on Channels Television on Monday night monitored by Newsflash Nigeria.
The governor hinted at the chances of the Southeast producing Nigeria’s next president in 2023 while responding to a question on the chances of the Southeast producing the next president.
However, Umahi who decamped from the main opposition PDP to the ruling APC last year, said the chances of the South-East region producing Nigeria’s President under his party, would be determined by God.
Asked if Igbos would be allowed to pick the presidential ticket, Umahi: “It’s in the hands of God.
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“He is. He directs our affairs. He gives breath to every man, so power belongs to God. Whatever thing we wish will come through only through God. If God says yes, no one can say no.”
Umahi’s comment is coming at a time Northern youths had declared that power would remain in their region in 2023.
National President of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, Shettima Yerima, had said the North still had four years at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure in 2023.
With the President Muhammadu Buhari administration expected to elapse in about 17 months from now, there has been uncertainty as to which zone would produce the presidency.
While the southern region has been agitating to have the presidential slot, none of the nation’s two dominant parties – All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – has officially given the slot to the zone.
