Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has stated that its support for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi is motivated by a desire for equity, justice, and fair-play in the country.
Ohanaeze president-general, George Obiozor, stated this in Umuahia on Tuesday at the gala night and merit award ceremony for the Abia branch of the socio-cultural organisation.
He said: “Ohanaeze Ndigbo is not talking about an Igbo president but a Nigerian president from the South-East.”
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He stated that the organization’s statewide tour was intended to show the rest of the country that the 30-month civil war had ended.
“The war has since ended and for equity, justice, and fairness, Nigeria should support a candidate from the South-East to become president. After the war, we have continued to thrive and engage other sections of the country in the most friendly manner,” he explained.
Obiozor said that the South-West was pacified in 1999, following the annulment of the 1993 presidential election, which MKO Abiola was thought to have won.
“Nigeria took a decision in 1999 to present Olu Falae and Olusegun Obasanjo as presidential candidates and Obasanjo was chosen,” said the Igbo leader.
“Such a deliberate political arrangement could have been applied to the South-East in the run-up to the 2023 poll to give the zone a sense of inclusiveness.”
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