Popular socialite and businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has said President Bola Tinubu made Buhari president and could also make an Igbo man president if the South East supports him for another term.
He made the statement on Wednesday while reacting to a viral video of a South East monarch who appealed to Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, or return him to Kenya, where he was arrested.
Cubana Chief Priest praised the monarch for taking the message to Abuja, saying the physical presence of the traditional ruler mattered because it placed the issue before the “seat of power.”
Writing in Pidgin, he said, “God bless you, Your Royal Highness, for partaking in Nigeria. If Your Highness did not participate in Abuja, how Asiwaju wan take hear this message. If to say dem no record this video play for una, them for call his royal highness sell out say him don go collect money.”
He also said the South East should work with the current administration instead of staying in opposition.
He wrote, “Alignment is key, we no fit fight government, Asiwaju go free MNK. His Royal Highness don put am for Baba body. Let’s get along with Nigeria.”
The socialite further claimed Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election without significant votes from the South East and suggested the President could win again if the pattern repeats.
He wrote, “Last election, Tinubu won without South-East, it’s clear he will win again. So why not give him the votes so he can do what we ask of him in return.
“Hopefully, he will hand over power to an Igbo man. He made Buhari president, a Hausa man. He made himself, a Yoruba man president. What makes you think he won’t make an Igbo man president if we clearly support him for one more term?
“Igbo best stake is on Asiwaju. Just think it out. Man has the best political structure in the country to win election make we no waste our votes.”
Chronicle NG had reported on Tuesday that a South East traditional ruler, Dr Lawrence Agubuzu, the Eze Ogbunechendo of Ezema Olo Kingdom, called on Tinubu to release Kanu or return him to Kenya.
