Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, has been warned against any plans to remove Governor Ifeanyi Okowa from his ticket.
There are rumors that Atiku is under pressure from governors to remove Okowa and replace him with Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State.
The same demand is reportedly being made by Wike’s supporters as the only means of fostering harmony inside the party.
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, however, stated in a statement made available to Newsmen on Tuesday that Atiku should dump Okowa at his own risk.
Any attempt to unseat Okowa will be futile, according to a statement from the National President and Secretary of the OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike and Comrade Obinna Achionye.
The apex Igbo organization said the South-East would not accept to lose out completely in the scheme of things, having lost the opportunity to produce the presidential candidate of either the PDP or the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“There is no need to repeat that we expected both the PDP and the APC to zone their presidential tickets to the South-East, but that did not happen.
“Though this has been overtaken by events, the only consolation we have is the choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, considering that Okowa is a true Igbo son.
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“Having said this, how could anyone wake up and think of replacing Okowa with Wike? As much as we know that Atiku reserves the right to choose whoever he wills as his running mate, we also have the right to vote according to our desire.
“And that desire is clear- that the PDP would not get one vote from Igbo land should they field Wike, because this is a man who disowned Ndigbo. He said he is not one of us and this is payback time, we also do not know him. Should the PDP make the mistake of pairing him with Atiku, the PDP will be roundly rejected during the presidential election,” the Ohanaeze youths warned.
The OYC added that “with the new Electoral Act, those who constituted themselves into emperors are going to be disgraced during the polls. The time for bogus fake results is over, so nobody should be deceived.”
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