Ken Nnamani urges Igbos to learn from the Yorubas

> Ken Nnamani has accepted the role as leader of the APC in south east

> He urged Igbo leaders to be united and speak with one voice

> The former Senate president advised Igbos not to put all their eggs in one basket

Senator Ken Nnamani has urged Igbos to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) as that is the surest opportunity to achieve an Igbo presidency in 2023.

The former Senate president who decamped to the APC also called on Igbo politicians from the region to be united.

The Sun reports that Nnamani advised that politics should be played without stooping to name-calling and insults.

Ken Nnamani urges Igbos to learn from the Yorubas

He said “abusive or gutter language by prominent politicians from the zone against one another would hurt the political interest of the zone.”

He revealed that he joined the APC not how of hunger but to raise the political profile of the south east region.

He said: “Some of us did not join the APC because of hunger, but in the interest of the Igbo. We should play politics of ideas and avoid abusive words.

“Ndigbo do not have the ingredients for opposition politics. How the Yoruba people voted in 2015 should be an eye-opener. They voted for both sides, but the South-East put all their eggs in one basket.”

The senator called on Nigerians to continue to support President Muhammadu Buhari as he tred to change the economy of the country.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo pronounced Nnamani as the leader of the party in the region noting that there was a leadership vacuum.

Okorocha said: “There is a vacuum of leadership in the South-East APC.

“With Ken Nnamani, the question of who the leader of the APC is in the zone has been answered. Nnamani is the leader of APC in the South-East.

“Senator Nnamani should, then, work with other leaders like Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Jim Nwobodo and a host of others to give Ndigbo a political direction. APC is the right party for the Igbo and the only party that can guarantee Igbo presidency in 2023.”

In reaction, Nnnamani said he had no problem with it and described it as a decision made out of good faith.

“I’m in the party to serve. Who leads the party in the zone has to evolve, it has to be agreed upon by leaders of the party in the zone.”

He insisted that Igbo leaders must speak with one voice instead of engaging in mudslinging.