Former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, has said that Igbo need an alliance with Yoruba on the presidency. In a series of tweets, yesterday, Nnamani said Igbo should reflect on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu,

The former governor said two political parties that are popular with the Igbo would lose elections in 2023.

Although he did not mention the parties, it appeared he was referring to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP). Both parties have some appeal in the South East.

He said: “The two political parties with emotional capture of my people will lose the presidential election. One is a pure exercise in self-driven political liberation, the other a known abuser and denigrator of my people.

“We need a restart. Based on the paradigm shift. We need to be careful but calculated. The Igbo have to retrace the steps of Okpara and Awolowo, the united progressive grand alliance, an Igbo-Yoruba alliance.

“It is not late for the Igbo to reflect on, and carefully x-ray the looming reality of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

“Tinubu has paid his dues over the decades, and has performed creditably in governance and politics.”