Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has issued a stern warning to former President Goodluck Jonathan not to put himself forward for a contest in the 2023 presidential election.
MASSOB’s warning came on the heels of speculations that some northern governors were working to field the former president in the 2023 presidential election.
A statement by the group’s leader, Uchenna Madu, said the speculated move by the APC would hinder the chances of the Southeast to produce the next president.
MASSOB also warned the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State against running for president.
According to Madu, “Former President Goodluck Jonathan and his Ijaw kin should be wise enough to discern this subtle and hypocritical move of Arewa governors. The Sultan of Sokoto, the Aso villa cabals, the frontline emirs, the Arewa opinion leaders and Islamic gurus, both Nigerians and foreigners, are perfectly aware and systematically pushing for a Goodluck Jonathan one tenure administration.
“Their ultimate political aim is to sideline and frustrate the golden chances of Igbo man or Southeast zone to emerge as president of Nigeria.
“MASSOB also warns Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to bury their presidential ambitions in 2023 because it is solely and sacrosanct for the Southeast zone to produce the next president of Nigeria.”
Madu insisted that the Southeast should be allowed to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023.
“It is not about sentiment or selfishness to support the Southeast zone; it is the turn of the Southeast zone to produce the next president of Nigeria according to the zoning arrangement,” he added.