Ohanaeze Ndigbo finally endorses Atiku/Obi ticket
- The Ohanaeze Ndigbo organisation has endorsed Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi, for the 2019 presidential election
- The organisation pointed out that Atiku is committed to restructuring; adding that Obi's VP candidacy has given Ndigbo an opportunity for inclusivity
- Ohanaeze further urged Ndigbo to see their PVCs as their most potent tool to ensure a restructured polity and for a better society
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and his running mate, Peter Obi, have been endorsed for the February 16 presidential election by the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
The endorsement which was signed by the organisation's president general worldwide, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, was contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday, January 24, Daily Trust reports.
Legit.ng gathers that the communiqué was issued at the end of the Ime Obi Ohaneze Ndigbo meeting which took place at the Nike Lake Hotel in Enugu, to further deliberate on the future of Ndigbo.
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It read in part: “After a critical and dispassionate appraisal of the issues and the visible fault lines in our polity, including the analysis of the election manifestos of the various contesting parties, especially with regards to the restructuring of the federation and continued relevance of our people in the Nigerian geopolitical space, the meeting resolved as follows:
“That Ohanaeze remains the apex socio-cultural organization that works for the interest of the Igbo in and outside Nigeria. It attempts to aggregate the views of all other Igbo platforms;
“Ohanaeze notes particularly that a major political party (PDP) by the nomination of our son, Peter Obi, as the vice presidential candidate has given Ndigbo an opportunity for inclusivity. Ndigbo must seize the moment;
“That the presidential candidate of PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has made an avowed commitment to restructuring of the federation and reconfirmed same during his recent visit to the United States in his meetings high-level US officials;
“In consideration of the above and other relevant existential factors pertaining to the treatment of the Igbo in our polity, the Ime Obi Ohanaeze, therefore, hereby ratify the decision reached at the Ohanaeze National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Enugu on Tuesday 22 January, 2019, to adopt the Atiku Abubakar/Peter Obi ticket in the 2019 presidential election.
“Ime Obi therefore endorses and embraces fully, this ticket without equivocation, especially with regards to the position of Ndigbo at the Awka Declaration which insisted on a complete restructuring of the Nigerian polity."
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The Ohanaeze urged the Igbo people to see their PVCs as their most potent tool to ensure a restructured polity and for a better society. It also called on all Igbo to come out and vote and to protect their votes.
The international community was also urged to help to ensure a free and credible 2019 elections in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) accused the president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, of transparent opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari by fixing the Imeobi meeting of Ohanaeze, where highest decisions of Ndigbo are made, on Thursday, January 24.
Buhari was scheduled to arrive the south-east states of Anambra and Enugu that same Thursday for his presidential campaign, preparatory for the February 16 presidential election.
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