Abdulhamid Mohammed, the All Progressives Congress (APC) North-West youth leader, has urged Igbos in Nigeria to vote for the ruling party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 general elections.

Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Mr Mohammed said the call became necessary considering what the APC standard-bearer did for the Igbos in Nigeria.

According to him, no other presidential candidate has done what Tinubu did for the Igbos.

“It is time for them to pay back by voting massively for him in the upcoming general elections,” he said.

Mr Muhammad described Mr Tinubu as a detribalised leader, adding that when the Igbos left the South-East in droves, they were welcomed into Lagos by the then-governor.

The APC youth leader added that the APC presidential flag bearer gave the Igbos an avenue to flourish in their various businesses.

“Unlike in the South-East where traders are forced to sit at home by hoodlums, the blueprint laid by Tinubu made Lagos a conducive atmosphere for the Igbos to conduct their businesses without any hindrance,” Mr Muhammad claimed. “Tinubu ran an inclusive government and was among the pioneer governors who started appointing non-indigenes as state executives as numerous Igbos have benefited from such administrative initiatives.”

He added, “He appointed an Igbo man from Anambra state, Ben Akabueze, as commissioner for economic planning and budget for eight years from 1999 to 2007.”  

(NAN)