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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Demands Apology From Atiku Over Statement

by Victor Ndubuisi
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has been asked to apologize by Ohanaeze Ndigbo over the purportedly inflammatory statement he made in Kaduna yesterday.

The sociocultural group demanded that Atiku repudiate the statement and express regret to the Igbo and others from the South of the nation.

The group called Atiku’s declaration that northerners should support only a candidate from the northern region over those from other tribes as emotive and offensive.

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Alex Ogbonna, the group’s spokesperson, lamented that it was sad that the former vice president’s statement contradicted his boasts of creating a cosmopolitan and detribalized Nigeria.

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Ogbonna advanced that the PDP presidential hopeful should have just continued his campaign without creating ethnic tensions that are uncalled for.

“That was a very provocative remark coming from a former vice president of Nigeria. His remark perhaps brings out his mindset about the country.

“It’s a Freudian slip. Something that slips from somebody’s mouth unintentionally, which reveals the persons deep feeling about something,” the group added.

The group in the statement recalled that it is in the history books that Igbo and the South have voted for past presidents like Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Shehu Shagari, Umaru Yar’ adua and Muhammadu Buhari.

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He said: “That remark is abysmally low. It’s an ill-advised remark. It’s not good for the former vice president. He should find a way to withdraw that remark.”

He further said, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide is disappointed by that remark by Atiku. This is because Ndigbo had voted for Shagari, Yar’Adua, Buhari and even supported all the military rulers from the North.

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“So, Ohanaeze is calling on the former vice president to apologise to Nigerians and southerners in particular on that unfortunate remark. It is a divisive one.”

 

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