Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted to the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections.
Tinubu won the APC presidential primary, which held at the Eagle Square in Abuja, with a total of 1271 votes..
Reacting to Tinubu’s victory, Ohanaeze in a statement issued on Wednesday expressed disappointment that no candidate from the South East clinched the APC presidential ticket.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo salutes Igbo Presidential aspirants in both the APC and the PDP for standing firm to the end, in the face of utter betrayal by both parties.
“Indeed, the usually calm Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu appropriately captured the mood of Ndigbo, especially the South-East, when he asked a very pertinent question while speaking at the APC primary: ‘where is the Justice?’.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo salutes the Southern and Middle Belt Alliance (SAMBA) for insisting that it is the turn of the South-East, come 2023.
“We commend in a very special way, elder statesmen like Afenifere leader Pa Ayo Adebanjo, Niger Delta Leader, Pa Edwin Clark, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Middle Belt Leader, Dr. Bitrus Pogu, etc for rising above ethnic sentiments to be true heroes of Nigerian democracy.
“The 2023 Presidential Election shall make or mar Nigeria if the citizens fail to rise above ethno-religious sentiments to take back Nigeria from the vicious grip of the kleptomaniac politicians.
“The denial of presidential ticket to the South-East will come with consequences as it will fuel agitations,” the statement read in part.
