Following Peter Obi of the Labour Party’s case at the Presidential Election Tribunal, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization has encouraged Igbos to be mentally prepared for the worst.
This came as the organization praised Obi for his efforts in getting an Igbo man elected president of Nigeria.
At the tribunal, Obi is currently contesting Bola Tinubu’s election victory.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, the LP presidential candidate placed third in the 2023 presidential election.
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Obi had maintained his victory in the 2023 presidential election notwithstanding the results announced by INEC.
Obi, according to Ohanaeze’s Secretary-General Okechukwu Isiguzoro, should be praised for his up to this point in the war.
Isiguzoro, however, stated in an interview with Newsmen that Igbos are not yet prepared to join the opposition political groups.
According to Isiguzoro: “I want to use this opportunity to commend Peter Obi for fighting a good fight in the struggle to ensure that an Igbo man becomes the president of Nigeria, even though he never ran as an Igbo candidate, but as a Nigerian project.
“As a first timer, he ran against some veterans and pulled a lot of surprises that rattled the old political order in Nigeria. Coming into a party under nine months and winning in some states is a good move.
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“But, at this point in time, Ndigbo must prepare their minds to accept the worst, even as Obi has gone to court to challenge Tinubu’s victory. At this point, Igbos must be very conscious not to allow what happened in 2015 to happen in 2023.
“After the 2015 election, Ohanaeze Ndigbo was at the forefront supporting the ex-president against Buhari despite trying severally to see the Ohanaeze’s leadership led by Joe Nworgu and Gari Iwe.
“Fast forward to 2023, Ndigbo are not ready to be in an opposition political party, it has never been in our culture to play opposition politics, and in our wisdom, we vowed to help Obi sort out his constitutional right by challenging Tinubu’s victory at the tribunal.”
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