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Politics of Monday, 13 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Igbos don’t love themselves, Hausas put me in oil business — Arthur Eze

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Billionaire Arthur Eze has said that Igbos must love themselves before one of them can become president in Nigeria.

Speaking to journalists, Arthur Eze debunked claims that northerners have hatred for others by revealing that they are the ones that helped him in oil business.

On the kind of person he would love to see become president in Nigeria, the billionaire said, “I would prefer someone who has conscience; somebody who will remember me. I don’t care where you come from.”

“For the Igbo to be President, they must love themselves. Do they love themselves? The North is very kind. If you go to northern Nigerian, you will see churches everywhere,” he said.

“There are churches in Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna, Abuja and others yet they say there is hatred. Do we (Igbo) love ourselves?

“Only God can make an Igbo man President. We shall pray to God to find an Igbo man who has character to help people.

“I went to the north, they didn’t know who I was. They gave me $12 million for the construction of Kano TV in 1980. I didn’t have one naira then. It was the same thing in Katsina, Borno and Kaduna. Then, they put me in the oil business.

“They didn’t care where I came from.”