By Emmanuel Uzodinma Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lambasted the South-East Governors over the woeful o...
By Emmanuel Uzodinma
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.
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