2023: Why Tinubu cannot lead Nigeria – Nollywood veteran, Pete Edochie

<p>Nollywood veteran, Pete Edochie has said presidential aspirants like the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC cannot be Nigerian president because they are too old.</p>, <p>Speaking with BBC Igbo, Edochie said the former Lagos State governor has been in power for a long time and should consider resigning.</p>, <p>The aged actor also decried the marginalisation of Southeasterners politically and their inability to produce a president since the country returned to democracy.</p>, <p>He said the Asiwaju of Lagos should leave power so that the youths who are healthier and are capable of moving the nation forward will take over.</p>, <p>He said, “Many people like Tinubu are too old and too weak to run for the presidency. He has been in power for a long time until he was made the leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.</p>, <p>“But he should leave the position for those who are younger and healthier. Let’s be honest.</p>, <p>“Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba are the major ethnic groups in the country. Only once in the history of Nigeria has an Igbo person become the head of state in Nigeria.</p>, <p>“Why has power not returned to the Southeast people? Is there a plot by the political elites to sideline the South-East? I’ve lived in the North. I speak Hausa. But it’s long overdue for Nigeria to have a leader of Igbo extraction”.</p>