An Igbo Leader and former governorship aspirant in Abia State, Sidney Dike has stated that no region in Nigeria is confident enough to trust the South East geopolitical zone of the country.
The Sun reported that Sidney Dike, who was the leader of the student wing of the then ruling party, the National Party of Nigeria, NPN stated this in an exclusive interview.
Sidney Dike, a former chieftain of the Grassroots Democratic Movement said; "The Southwest is sitting there now for the second time because Tinubu took the Southwest to support Buhari from the North with the understanding that after that, there will be a reverse case. Who has the Igboman been able to say, this is my ally, let me support you and in return, you will support me?"
He added; "It could have worked out in the second republic. Recall, people don’t know that when Azikiwe was making waves under NPP and the NPN was looking for a way to checkmate the rise of NPP and Azikiwe, that was what informed their bringing back Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu from exile in Ivory Coast"
The Igbo Leader stated further; "No region is confident enough to trust the Southeast vis-a-vis the Igbo man. So, the fear of the Igbo man is what is keeping us like this. Once an Igbo man is beginning to emerge, they find a way to truncate the alliance."
The recent statement by the former governorship aspirant in Abia State, Sidney Dike, which was shared by The Sun on its verified Twitter page has generated a lot of reactions from many Nigerians on the social media platform.