Chuks Okocha in Abuja
A delegation of South-East and South-South leaders including those from Rivers and Delta States, yesterday, in Abuja endorsed Mr. Moses Ayom as a credible, competent, and unifying presidential candidate in the 2023 elections.
Led by His Royal Highness, Igwe Friday Ozochi (Ozochimere Eze 1), the leaders conferred on Ayom, a 2023 presidential hopeful on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Chieftaincy title of Ozo Ndi Igbo 1 of Nigeria (The Saviour of the Igbo race).
Igwe Ozochi said they considered Ayom a fit and proper candidate to lead the country in 2023.
According him, “It is with a sense of responsibility that we make this call, having watched the tussle for who and which region should produce the next president of this country. We view the cry of the Middle Belt as one that is close if not worse to that of our region, the South East.
“This is because whilst our zone, the South East, had produced a democratic President and Vice president in the persons of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and vice president in the person Dr. Alex Ekwueme, all of blessed memory, the Middle Belt has produced none of these in our democratic journey.
“Much as we feel every zone at the moment apart from the North West is making a genuine case for the presidency, especially, our region the South East, we believe that the Middle Belt can serve as a galvanizing front to play the uniting role you have always played in keeping Nigeria strong and united.
“Having said this, we have carefully and painstakingly watched through most of the leading lights from the middle belt region and have concluded that you, Mr. Moses Ayom, fits the role for the next president of Nigeria.”
In his response, Ayom said he was overwhelmed with the latest support and endorsement from the people of the southeast. He recounted his experience with the Igbo people during his early visits to China over thirty years ago.
He said if elected president in 2023, he would partner the South East to drive industrial reforms that would turn the region into the Gwanzhou (Chinese industrial city) of Africa.
He also promised that if he becomes the president, he would drive in the INNOSON vehicles and make it mandatory for all government agencies and parastatals to patronise the company and all made in Nigeria products.
