Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lambasted the South-East Governors over the woeful outing of presidential aspirants of Igbo extraction in the recently conducted presidential primaries of the two leading political parties.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide said in a statement issued on Saturday by its President-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike that South-East Governors traded-off the people’s pride and destiny.
He asked the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Association of South-East Town Unions, ASETU, to focus their anger on the governors and not the delegates.
Both groups had disclosed that they were compiling the names of South-East delegates to the conventions, with the aim of giving them appropriate punishments.
But Ohanaeze differed with them, noting that the delegates merely carried out orders given to them by the governors.
“It is wrong for anyone to say the delegates should be punished. Nobody should touch any of the delegates to the PDP and the APC national conventions.
“The real enemies of Ndigbo are the governors who ordered the delegates to vote for non-Igbos. It is a show of shame that the South-East governors could not muster votes to at least show the rest of the country that we are serious with the demand for a Nigeria President of Igbo extraction.
“Instead, they traded-off our pride with their selfish interest. They have by this singular act shown themselves to be the real enemies of Ndigbo.
“We, therefore, call on the MASSOB and ASETU to direct their anger towards the governors, who must tell us what happened to Igbo votes during the conventions. Any attempt to attack the delegates is an exercise in futility and would be resisted,” Okwu stated.
In another development, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo political organization, Chuks Ibegbu, has expressed disappointment in the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), claiming that the party betrayed the Igbos.
Ibegbu disclosed this while reacting to the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as PDP 2023 presidential flag bearer.
He said, “The mood of the nation is for power to shift to the Southeast, and contrary to the nation’s mood, the PDP has betrayed the Igbos, which we paid the price to sustain. The PDP betrayed the Southeast and the Igbos.
“Ab initio, we have always advocated that for the sake of peace, equity, stability, the progress of the nation, and power should shift to the Southeast political zone and Igbos in general.
“So, PDP went against the mood and current of the nation. However, the door is not yet closed; other political parties are there. And I think we should not be relying on political parties but on individuals if we want to move Nigeria forward.
“PDP has done its own, and other parties are expected to do their own, then Nigerians should decide if we want to continue to be the world’s poverty capital, Nigerians must decide if they want to continue with the insecurity in the Northern part of the country. The insecurity is more in the Northeast, where Atiku hails from. There is insecurity in Daura, where Buhari hails from. We also have insecurity in the Southeast and all over Nigeria.
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lambasted the South-East Governors over the woeful outing of presidential aspirants of Igbo extraction in the recently conducted presidential primaries of the two leading political parties.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide said in a statement issued on Saturday by its President-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike that South-East Governors traded-off the people’s pride and destiny.
He asked the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Association of South-East Town Unions, ASETU, to focus their anger on the governors and not the delegates.
Both groups had disclosed that they were compiling the names of South-East delegates to the conventions, with the aim of giving them appropriate punishments.
But Ohanaeze differed with them, noting that the delegates merely carried out orders given to them by the governors.
“It is wrong for anyone to say the delegates should be punished. Nobody should touch any of the delegates to the PDP and the APC national conventions.
“The real enemies of Ndigbo are the governors who ordered the delegates to vote for non-Igbos. It is a show of shame that the South-East governors could not muster votes to at least show the rest of the country that we are serious with the demand for a Nigeria President of Igbo extraction.
“Instead, they traded-off our pride with their selfish interest. They have by this singular act shown themselves to be the real enemies of Ndigbo.
“We, therefore, call on the MASSOB and ASETU to direct their anger towards the governors, who must tell us what happened to Igbo votes during the conventions. Any attempt to attack the delegates is an exercise in futility and would be resisted,” Okwu stated.
In another development, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo political organization, Chuks Ibegbu, has expressed disappointment in the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), claiming that the party betrayed the Igbos.
Ibegbu disclosed this while reacting to the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as PDP 2023 presidential flag bearer.
He said, “The mood of the nation is for power to shift to the Southeast, and contrary to the nation’s mood, the PDP has betrayed the Igbos, which we paid the price to sustain. The PDP betrayed the Southeast and the Igbos.
“Ab initio, we have always advocated that for the sake of peace, equity, stability, the progress of the nation, and power should shift to the Southeast political zone and Igbos in general.
“So, PDP went against the mood and current of the nation. However, the door is not yet closed; other political parties are there. And I think we should not be relying on political parties but on individuals if we want to move Nigeria forward.
“PDP has done its own, and other parties are expected to do their own, then Nigerians should decide if we want to continue to be the world’s poverty capital, Nigerians must decide if they want to continue with the insecurity in the Northern part of the country. The insecurity is more in the Northeast, where Atiku hails from. There is insecurity in Daura, where Buhari hails from. We also have insecurity in the Southeast and all over Nigeria.
