2023: Nwokedi advocates president of Igbo extraction …Tasks region to be more united

Success Damian:

High Chief Chika Nwokedi has lent his voice to the raging clamour for president of Igbo extraction.

While maintaining that it is time for Ndigbo to occupy Aso Villa, he called on the Igbos to be more united in order to achieve their purpose.

Chief Nwokedi who is the President of Igboburuotu Social Club of Nigeria made the advocacy during his Family Thanksgiving at Fire Grace & Mercy Restoration Ministry, Ijegun Lagos State on Sunday.

He said “I have said this thing before, if they want to do the right thing, it is time for Igbo to rule. They should give Igbo a chance to try their best.””

Showing regrets that Igbos are not united he added “But where I have problem is when they give them the chance and say Ndigbo come out to rule, my brother we will kill ourselves. Some will say it is the turn of Anambra, some Ebony, some Imo, that is the problem, because no Igbo man will step done for his brother.”

Nwokedi who is also known as Okpoko 1 of Obodoukwu said whatever be the case it is the turn of Igbo people to produce the next president. “But if the truth should be told, they should give Igbo a chance to do their best, Hausa has tried, Yoruba has tried, and other tribes have tried, so let them give Igbo a chance. God knows that it is the truth and nothing but the truth, but I plead that the Igbo should bring one person or two. If they want justice in this country, they should give it to the Igbo, if they do well good, if they don’t do well, they will put their name where they put others,” Nwokedi maintained.

Speaking on reason he decided to go to the church and thank God he said “I am happy, because some people don’t know what it means to thank God. As far as you sleep and wake up, you must appreciate God. The almighty God kept us alive from January till today, so no matter what, appreciate God. When I was worshipping in Rhema, and CPM, I thank God every year, because when you thank God for what he did, he will do more. That is why I celebrate my birthday every year, even though low key but there must be about 50 people to eat and drink, but my 45 years birthday I did it in a hall, and two years coming, it will be in a field because it is my gold, so it is not easy for me to be alive today, I thank God.”

On what is unique about this year’s thanksgiving, he said “At least you are in the world, you see how there was too much pandemic, and in which people lost lots of loved ones, America lost almost 100,000, Britain lost, Spain, Italy, but me and my family, nothing happened to us. Another on was ENDSARS issue in which  people also died, it didn’t touch me and my family, so I supposed to thank him even if I don’t have One Naira but appreciating God matters a lot. So I say God thank you for keeping me alive, thank you for keeping my family and friends alive. I would call my friends and they would respond that they are okay, that is what matters to me. My family, my brothers and sisters, cousins, no one had problem, so it is good to appreciate God; that is why I can dance and say God thank you.”

On his plans to celebrate his 50th birthday in a big way, Nwokedi said, “I don’t add to my age, I was born on August 4, on Sunday, 1972, by 2023 I will be 50 years. I said it when I wanted to do 45 that people would win machines, fridges, Tv, wrist watches, that was last three years, so the next two years if God keep us alive, it will be there, you will see the vehicle, a Tokunbo car worth N2million, machines will be almost five, fridges, tv and wrist watches will reach 100, and other things that people will take home, that is my plan, and I know that my friends will support me.

High Chief C.C. Nwokedi is renowned for his acts of philanthropy, placing children of widows and the less-privileged on scholarships. Recently he gave out drugs worth N120, 000 free of charge to a blind man that he was seeing for the first time. “After four days, the man called me and said I can move by myself now. The man said he is from Edo State, I don’t know him before. For me I do things as I am directed by God. Also I was in a meeting sometime ago, last three months, one man was crying saying that his son is seriously sick, they needed N65,000, I transferred 100k to the man, and the man started crying and today the baby is alive. I don’t know the man, I don’t even know the phone number. Where we were doing meeting he came to beg for money. The baby was dying and I said if my baby dies like that will I be happy? And I know that I had that money in my account; that is why I paid.

“Last year at Isheri, one woman that had a baby, two months, they supposed to take him to the hospital and they needed N120,000, and I had almost N150,000, I paid that money. Till today I don’t know the woman, once that money is in my account, I will help, because before God can say go and meet him God will give me that money before I help you, that is my belief,” Nwokedi narrated.