***accuses PDP Govs of working for Buhari
** Igbo Mandate Congress calls for harmonized position
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council in Abuja have advised Nnamdi
Kanu and the IPOB against boycotting 2019 elections, saying it is tantamount to
giving the Buhari led APC another four years tenure;
Speaking with the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress,
IMC, Rev Dr Obinna Akukwe in
Abakaliki after convocation ceremony of
Federal University Ikwo, The Chairman
of tthe Elders Council and former Governor of Anambra State, Dr
Chuekawuemeka Ezeife said that the
position of Ohanaeze is that every igbo man should exercise his franchise.
Flaying the arguments of Nnamdi Kanu that elections should
not hold in the South East, ‘Okwadike Igboukwu’ said that “if IPOB says they do
not want Buhari, they should vote him out. If they boycott the elections, the
status quo will remain and Buhari and APC will have a free ticket to the
Presidency”
Enplaning further, he said that “Igbos cannot afford not to
vote in this election. They have the number of voters to influence the outcome
of the polls but if they sit at home, then they have denied themselves the opportunity
of changing what they perceive as
oppressive system. There is no reasonable argument that Igbos should
boycott the polls”
The Ohanaeze Chieftain said that Nnamdi Kanu have
commendably made efforts which put the Biafran and Igbo agitations in the front
burner but he should be careful not to overstretch in order not to diminish his
achievements. Explaining further he said
that “ Kanu had put the Igbo and Biafran question to the front burner, and I
admire the courage of the young man I had talked with him especially when he
called for the boycott of Anambra elections and he told me that if election is
boycotted they will postpone it. The Anambra election held because they will
not postpone anything, they will manipulate it in favour of whosoever they
wished.. Therefore Igbos should vote in the coming elections and stand where
their conscience asks them to stand, just as they did in 2015. They should not
be afraid of speaking with one voice’’
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Dr Ezeife told Rev Akukwe and his team that the problems associated with
Atiku’s choice of Peter Obi is being handled by Ohanaeze and that Obi still
appears to be the most widely accepted candidate for the running mate. He said
that Ohanaeze in Abuja is still pacifying those who felt that they should have
been selected as running mate .He described Peter Obi as “a good manager of
resources, who thinned down the paraphernalia of government to save money for
the state. He was a billionaire before venturing into politics and he left
developmental strides all over Anambra State. I think in Peter Obi, the Igbos
produced their best”
Dr Ezeife expressed worry that some PDP governors in the
South East appears to be working for the
APC . He also expressed worry that a close aide of APGA led government in
Anambra State is openly campaigning for Buhari. According to him “It is
worrisome that some PDP governors are working for APC in the South East. In
Anambra State, a senior political appointee under Governor Obiano is openly
campaigning for Buhari, I do hope that these people knows what they are doing
Dr Ezeife described the much touted Igbo Presidency
project n 2023 touted by the APC apologists as spurious.
According to him " i want to reiterate once more that Igbo presidency is
good but with the present security and economic situation, I doubt whether
Nigeria will survive till 2023. Therefore, let Nigeria survive first then Igbo
presidency can follow suit. With this APC led
government in power, Nigeria may disintegrate before 2023"
The leadership of
Igbo Mandate Congress had raised alarm the third time that South East Governors are working for
Buhari while Ohanaeze happens to be still consulting on the
situation thereby creating confusion in
the South East .In response, Dr Ezeife and asked the group to continue with their ongoing sensitization
for a harmonized position.. He said that Ohanaeze will organize an enlarged
meeting of Igbo political office holder from across the political divides in
Abuja and speak with them on the current situation as it concerns Ndigbo.
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