The Apex Igbo socio-political
organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Saturday lambasted the Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi for saying the South East can’t produce
President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023.
Deputy National Publicity
Secretary of Ohanaeze, Chuks Ibegbu in an interview with Dailypost said
Amaechi is not God as such can’t decide the political future of the region.
Amaechi had asserted that the
South East can’t demand for the presidency in 2023 because the region failed to
vote for Buhari in the just concluded presidential election.
However, Ibegbu described the
Minister’s remark as disgraceful and an affront on the people of the South
East.
Stressing that Igbo elites are
found of talking down the region, Ibegbu cautioned those affected to desist
from such act.
According to Ibegbu: “It’s very
unfortunate that an Igbo man of that calibre could make such a statement in
public, it’s very bad.
“There is no Yoruba or Hausa man
that would say his people would not produce president for one reason or the
other. Whether we voted for Buhari or not it’s not for Amaechi to make such
statement.
“It’s a very big affront on the
political dignity of the Igbo people. Let me tell you it’s not for Amaechi to
tell Igbos where to learn politically.
“He can advise bit it’s a tragedy
for him to go to the public to make such a statement. If he is not happy with
the way Igbos voted he should have kept it to himself or advised them quietly,
I’m disappointed by that statement.
“Besides, Rotimi Amaechi is not
God to decide the political future of anybody including the Igbos, it’s a very
disgraceful , unexpected of him and besides some Igbos voted for Buhari just
like some Hausas and Yorubas did so there is no essential tribalising the
political scenario. It’s not a tribal thing Atiku won in Oyo and Ondo States
and almost won Lagos State so is it not Yorubas that voted for Atiku. In the
North Atiku made a very strong presence so what will Amaechi say about the
Yoruba and Hausas that voted for Atiku .
“This is very disgraceful and
many Igbo elites are found of doing this, condemning their people publicly.
It’s very unfortunate.
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