“Peter Obi Not Destined to Be President in 2023”, Says Ohanaeze Ndigbo
- The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, has expressed excitement over Bola Tinubu's election victory
- The group maintained who described Tinubu as a capable democrat noted that the former governor of Lagos state would carry on the giant strides of President Muhammadu Buhari
- Reacting to Peter Obi's loss, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo noted that the LP flagbearer is not destined to be Nigeria's president this year
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The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, said the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s presidency is not destined to happen in 2023.
The group also applauded the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner and President-elect of the presidential election held on Saturday, February 25, 2023.
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo lauds Tinubu's victory
Ambassador Tony Chiemelu Obizoba, Director General, Implementation and Strategic Planning, Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, made this known in a statement on Sunday, March 5, 2023.
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According to a report by Vanguard, Ohanaeze also expressed confidence in Tinubu as a capable democrat who can continue the great feats of President Muhammadu Buhari, when he assumes office on 29th May, 2023.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo speaks on Peter Obi's presidency
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The statement read:
“The group visualises the success of the APC flagbearer in the election contest as one that will lead to unifying Nigerians for a focused development plan that will follow.
“Tinubu is capable, and we have no doubt in his capacity to ensure the continuity of the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari, which are apparent, indisputably correct and will continue to stand as good legacies for generations of leaders to come.
“The Ohanaeze Ndigbo congratulates Peter Obi for creating an unprecedented commitment to changing the status quo with a hitherto unpopular political party, making great sweeps of votes across all regions but North West of Nigeria to finish an “unputdownable” third position.”
Speaking on Obi’s hard work and fate at the presidential poll, it said,
“This Igbo umbrella body will continue to remember Obi, former Governor of Anambra State, as one who, despite all odds, laboured hard to actualise a Nigerian President from the Igboland. However, God has not destined it to happen in 2023.
"It may happen later. God spares the life of everybody. However, the bloc votes for Peter Obi in the South East should not be seen by anyone as anti-other Nigerians. It is more to show that the Igbo do not hate themselves, as some Nigerians say.
It further stated:
“In all, the general performances of the candidates across parties have given this group the confidence to agree that the emergence of one of them, who is Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is well deserved and we say congratulations!
“We also want to seize this opportunity to call on some elements in Lagos State, who see the vote for Labour Party’s Peter Obi as hate by Igbo people and who are, therefore, now threatening the lives of Igbo. It should not be so. From the investigations by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, the vote in Lagos was not solely an Igbo thing but a decisive voting system by a rainbow movement of people from across the tribes, who live and do business in Lagos State.
“It should be seen more as Nigerians across tribes exercising their franchise to freely vote to choose their leaders in a democracy as enshrined and guaranteed in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Those who are circulating videos, threatening and drumming the sounds of war over the coming governorship and House of Assembly elections of March 11, 2023, in Lagos State because of Igbo people, should stop it in the national interest of Nigeria and the collective good of the masses of the Nigerian people.
“To those extending arm of friendship, I offer mine in return”, Tinubu tells World Leaders
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president-elect of Nigeria, says he is ready to work with world leaders who have “extended the arm of friendship” following his victory at the presidential poll.
In a post sighted by Legit.ng on his Facebook page on Sunday, March 5th, Tinubu said the gestures from world leaders demonstrate the “important role Nigeria has in the world”.
Peter Obi speaks to Nigerians, says he won 2023 presidential election
Meanwhile, Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, addressed Nigerians on the conduct and results of the poll.
Legit.ng reported that after observing a minute silence for the victims of violence across the country during Saturday, February 25, presidential and National Assembly elections, Obi made it clear that this is the first time he will address the media either directly or indirectly after taking part in the voting exercise in Anambra.
During a press briefing, the LP presidential candidate noted that he will reclaim his mandate, arguing that the electoral process was not what Nigerians were promised.
Source: Legit.ng
