Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has dismissed the alleged assassination plot against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Anaedoonline.ng recounts that Mr. Emma Powerful, the spokesman for the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, had accused the South-East of a plan to assassinate Atiku.
Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, issued a statement on Monday urging Atiku to disregard the purported scheme.
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Okwu stated that there was no need to kill Atiku or anybody else in the South-East, and that all presidential contenders were free to visit the region and offer their plans to the people.
He noted that “We received with concern the statement credited to IPOB, wherein they alleged that there was a plot to assassinate the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the South-East.
“We want to make it clear that no such plot exists anywhere in Igboland. Ndigbo are known for their hospitality and this has not changed.
“The PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has an Igbo man, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate for the election. He is also an in-law to Ndigbo and should therefore feel free to come to the South-East for his campaign any day any time.”
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Okwu warned against any action or speech that would inflame tensions in the South-East.
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