An Igbo socio-political organization, Igbo National Council (INC), has called on the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and other northern political leaders to call Yerima Shettima immediately and his co-travelers to order before they throw the country into destructive political crisis ahead 2023 Nigeria Presidential election.
The group in a statement issued on Sunday by its President General, Chilos Godsent, urged Nigerians to ignore the false and misleading publications of Yerima Shettima, regarding the 2023 Nigeria Presidential elections.
Recall that the Arewa Youth leader, Yerima Shettima, was quoted in an interview with reporters as saying that 2023 is not the Right Time for Igbo person to be President of Nigeria.
However, INC said in the statement, “Yerima Shettima is the purported leader of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum that some years ago issued quit order to the Igbo people living in the Northern States of Nigeria.
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“The same Yerima has in recent times been misinforming ignorant Nigerians that the North has made more sacrifices more than any other tribe in building Nigeria.
“We wish to use this opportunity to set the record straight and properly educate Yerima Shettima and his co-travelers on the wrong part of history, that since the creation of Nigeria, no tribe, race or group has made more sacrifices in building Nigeria than the Igbo Race.
“The Igbo race has invested unquantifiable human and material resources in keeping Nigeria alive since its creation even to an extent we lost millions of lives during the genocide of 1966, and to date, our mineral resources are being plundered and used to fund the North.
“Consequently, in the spirit of reconciliation, fairness, justice, and equity, the only geopolitical zone more ripe for producing the President of Nigeria is 2023 is the South-East zone.”
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