Pastor Tunde Bakare has come out to say that he would love an Igbo president for Nigeria in the nearest future.

Bakare recently revealed this in an Instagram Live session interview with the publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, he, however, believes that democracy in Nigeria is all about numbers, and South Easterners must be ready to play mainstream politics to achieve this.

He added that Nigerians from South Eastern have to understand that they must search for a way to form an alliance to realise the hope of having an Igbo president.

His words, “Democracy is a ruthless game of number. For as long as we practice politics the way we do and majority will carry the vote, it will very difficult for anyone whether it’s in the north-central, northeast, south-south. If you don’t have the number, you cannot become president of Nigeria.” Bakare said in the interview that was conducted over a phone call.”

“My take on this is let us practice what I call value-added politics; politics of breakthrough where any citizen that is competent and any citizen that has what it takes regardless of whether he’s from the South-East or South-West, let him be in charge of our affairs.”

“Honestly, my eyes have seen it, I participated in it. President Buhari was having over a million vote every time, but he did not become President of Nigeria until the merger took place.”

“On the economic front, our major priority is to secure livelihoods. National monetary and fiscal policy reforms must align to support improvements in household income. Working with the Federal Government, a number of employment creation programmes have been created and currently being implemented. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has played an important role here and we must commend them.”

“Intervention funds have been made available with interest rates below inflation, in the hope that we can stimulate growth of small and medium scale businesses. Similarly, institutions such as the Bank of Industry and Bank of Agriculture have also given moratoriums on existing loans to ease the burden of payment.”

“Nigeria was very pro-active in handling the first wave and continues to remain so. Prior to the confirmation of the first case on February 27, 2020, the country actively monitored events around the world, with a public health advisory published by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, a month before the first confirmed case in the country.”

“A presidential task force was established to coordinate multi-sectoral response to the pandemic while a public health emergency operation centre was established under the NCDC. In March 2020, the country’s airports were closed with the exception of essential flights and inter-state movements restricted in order to minimise the spread of the virus.”

“The Igbos are my brothers and sisters, God bless them, I love them and I care about them. They should also come to mainstream politics because APGA as a party cannot win a presidential election in Nigeria.”

“Yes, every citizen of this country can aspire to that position regardless of ethnic personality and I will be too glad to see an Igbo president. But let us always remember that democracy is a ruthless game of number and if you don’t have the number you cannot continue to shout marginalisation.”

“You should join mainstream politics and find a way of reaching out to others to form some kind of alliance or merger that will produce a victory at the poll.”