Veteran actor Pete Edochie says presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu is too old and weak to run for president.
The 75-year-old said this in a recent interview with BBC Igbo, urging the former Lagos State Governor to leave the presidential position for a younger person.
“Many people like Tinubu are too old and too weak to run for president. He has been in power for a long time until he was made the leader of the APC but he should leave the position for those who are younger and healthier. Let’s be honest,” he said.
Stating his concerns about the political marginalisation of Igbòs, Edochie said: “Igbò, Hausa, and Yorübá are the major ethnic groups in Nigeria. Only once in the history of Nigeria has it emerged that an Igbò person became the head of state in Nigeria.”
“That was (former military head of state) Aguiyi Ironsi during the military government, and his headship was short-lived. Since then, the North and the Yorübá have been sharing power between themselves; apart from Goodluck Jonathan, who isn’t even Igbò,” he lamented.
