By Emmanuel Uzodinma The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council Worldwide has declared that Governor Ifeanyi...
By Emmanuel Uzodinma
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Council Worldwide has declared that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State
remains an Igbo son and would enjoy all rights and privileges.
Okowa was on Thursday announced as running mate to Atiku
Abubakar, presidential candidate of The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural
organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has declared that Governor Ifeanyi
Okowa of Delta State remains an Igbo son and would enjoy all rights and
privileges.
Okowa was on Thursday announced as running mate to Atiku
Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Reacting swiftly, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro said the PDP would not get
votes from the South-East for not giving the position to someone from the area.
However, in a statement on Friday, the OYC
President-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike and the Secretary-General, Comrade Obinna
Achionye distanced the youths from Isiguzoro’s stand.
The youths said, “Okowa is a true son of Igboland, a
bonafide member of Ohanaeze; we cannot, therefore, rise against one of our own.
“A former President-General of Ohanaeze, Ambassador Ralph
Uwechue is from the same area as Okowa. They are our brothers by every standard
and we cannot ditch them now simply because of political exigency.”
While noting that Ndigbo were not happy for not getting the
PDP presidential slot, they asked: “should we now throw away the baby with the
bathwater? The answer is a capital ‘NO’.
“Having said this, we reiterate that Ndigbo are happy with
his emergence as the vice presidential candidate of the PDP and will accord him
all the needed support.
“We urge Ndigbo to support him; we must be strategic this
time and not put all our eggs in one basket.”
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Reacting swiftly, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo,
Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro said the PDP would not get votes from the South-East
for not giving the position to someone from the area.
However, in a statement on Friday, the OYC
President-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike distanced the youths from Isiguzoro’s
stand.
Okwu said, “Okowa is a true son of Igboland, a bonafide
member of Ohanaeze; we cannot, therefore, rise against one of our own.
“A former President-General of Ohanaeze, Ambassador Ralph
Uwechue is from the same area as Okowa. They are our brothers by every standard
and we cannot ditch them now simply because of political exigency.”
While noting that Ndigbo were not happy for not getting the
PDP presidential slot, he asked: “should we now throw away the baby with the
bathwater? The answer is a capital ‘NO’.
“Having said this, we reiterate that Ndigbo are happy with
his emergence as the vice-presidential candidate of the PDP and will accord him
all the needed support.
“We urge Ndigbo to support him; we must be strategic this
time and not put our eggs in one basket.”
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