According to the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the leading Igbo socio-cultural organization, the Igbos should be producing their own presidents, which is why they did not back President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the general elections of 2023. According to the report by Nigerian Tribune on Saturday, Chief Iwuanyanwu said that now that Tinubu is the President, the Igbos in Nigeria and the Diaspora have no reason not to support him.

Speaking when the leadership and members of the Igbo Community Assembly visited him in his Abuja home, Chief Iwuanyanwu said that the Igbos do not have anything against President Tinubu, and added that what they want is equal treatment for everyone.

Going down memory lane, Chief Iwuanyanwu said that the late MKO Abiola was his friend, and that he knew Tinubu through Abiola.

He said, “You all know that the President worked for MKO Abiola and Abiola was my friend. I knew him (Tinubu) that time through Abiola. It is true that we didn’t support him during the election because we believed that it should be an Igbo person.

“Now we have no reason not to support him and I don’t have anything whatsoever against him. All we require now is to expect him to ensure that what belongs to us and what we have already is not taken away from us.”