A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Abia State governor, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, yesterday said every Nigerian, including the Igbo race, should support President Muhammadu Buhari.
Onu made the urge when he hosted a five-member planning committee of the World Igbo Conference in his Abuja home.
The committee was led Chief Ben Aranusi, who said the Ndigbo seemed not to know their rightful place in the country.
He said the Ndigbo owed it a duty to fully support the President, who has demonstrated a genuine commitment to move the country forward with the faithful implementation of the APC blue print.
Dr. Onu described as incalculable the benefits awaiting the Igbo, who he noted, live everywhere across the country.
He assured his kinsmen that the Buhari-led administration will work for all irrespective of ethnic, political or religious inclination.
Calling on the Ndigbo to rally round the APC and the President, the APC chief recalled that the Igbos in the 19 northern states demonstrated their commitment towards building this new thinking by voting massively for the in March 28 and April 11 general elections.
“Ohaneze must be commended for what it’s doing as regards the welfare of Igbo throughout the country and beyond.
“We have Igbo everywhere in Nigeria and across the world. We, as Igbo, are the only major ethnic group that is not indigenous to any other country in the world.
“So, you look at ethnic groups that are indigenous in Nigeria, what that means is that outside Nigeria, there is no other country for the Igbos. For other major ethnic groups, this is not the case,” he said.
