A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 elections, Charles Udeogaranya, has said that former military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida’s recent clarification on the January 1966 coup d’état will pave the way for a South-East president in 2027.
Udeogaranya said this to newsmen, saying Babangida’s statements are a necessary step towards correcting historical distortions that have long marginalised the Igbo people in Nigeria’s leadership.
His reaction follows a recent call by the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, demanding an apology from the Federal Government over decades of perceived humiliation and exclusion of the South-East.
During the launch of his book, A Journey in Service, Babangida clarified that the 1966 coup should not be seen as an Igbo affair.