Ahead of the presidential election, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, has advised Igbo people not to waste their votes on any Igbo candidate.
Speaking on the Channels Television Programme, The Verdict, Kalu said Nigerians are not ready for a president of Igbo extraction. He said the forthcoming election is not the best outing for the Igbo people despite having one of the popular candidates, Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
Kalu said “I’m well-experienced; I ran for President in 2007 and I’m not sure Nigerians are not yet ready for a President of Igbo extraction.
“I’m not sure because I have tried to nose around that. We have five other regions to come up with and I am not sure. The people of the South East are the best professionals but not the best politicians.
“We do politics with emotions and I want Igbos to stop doing politics with emotions; I want Igbos to do practical politics.”
Speaking on the candidate adopted by the People Democratic Party, PDP, aggrieved governors popularly known as G5, Kalu said they are silently working for the victory of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu.
