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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, leaders of the South East geo-political zone have begun moves to win the support of the North for an Igbo president. Speking in Kaduna during a meeting of Northern Leaders of Thought at Arewa House, the northern leaders, including Prof. Ango Abdullahi and Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, said the overwhelming majority of politicians warning up to takeover power in 2023 and continue the business as usual, should be rejected.Speaking at a meeting with the national president of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Aihaji Yerima Shettima, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo presidential quest team said the Igbos believe in dialoque, lobbying and negotiation to actualise their ambition to produce the next President from south eastern zone is to be achieved. The Chairman of the Progressives Governor Forum (PGF) and Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has reaffirmed the members' confidence in the party leadership under his Yobe State counterpart Mai Mala Buni. Meanwhile, former Borno State governor, Senator Kashim Shetima, and former secretary to the government of the Federation, David Babachir asked President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider the presidential bid of national leader of the party and former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a payback time for his efforts in ensuring that the party took power in 2015. He condermned what he described as mischievous fixation on Tinubu's age and the wild conclusions that he is physically unsuitable for the office of the president.

Leaders of the South East geopolitical zone have started making steps to garner the North's support for an Igbo president ahead of the general elections in 2023. So, a delegation from the Ohaneze Ndigbo Presidency has sent a letter to the North asking for their cooperation. The northern leaders, including Prof. Ango Abdullahi and Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, said the vast majority of politicians who are threatening to seize power in 2023 and carry on as usual should be rejected during a meeting of Northern Leaders Thought at Arewa House in Kaduna. The Ohaneze Ndigbo presidential campaign team stated during a meeting with the national president of Arewa Yout Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima, that the Igbos believe in dialogue, lobbying, and negotiation to actualize their desire to.