Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council
(OYC) on Tuesday claimed that talks between the North and South-West ahead of
the 2023 presidency have broken down.
Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the
President and Okwu Nnabuike, the Secretary-General, in a statement, alleged
that the presidential aspiration of All Progressives Congress (APC) national
leader, Bola Tinubu, was hanging due to tactic withdrawal of support from
Northern power brokers.
OYC said it had confirmed that
the North was not satisfied with the voting pattern and results during the 2019
presidential election in the South West as President Muhammadu Buhari did not
win overwhelmingly.
It noted: “The result shows that
South West voted for both PDP and APC, with the latter leading with little
margin irrespective of desperate efforts that denied Nigerians from South East
from voting in most South-West states.
“The North feels that the South
West betrayed them and there should be a new alliance and the moves are on.
“With the recent sack of South
West from juicy portfolios and positions, and making Vice President Osinbajo
quiet, Tinubu may have seen the handwriting clearly written on the wall; that
all may not be well with the alliance between defunct ACN/ANPP/CPC”.
However, the body disclosed that:
“Some northern statesmen will be leading a high profile delegation to a
consultative but confidential meeting with the Secretary General Ohanaeze
Ndigbo, Uche Okwukwu, to cement a new pact between the North her old ally, the
Old Eastern Region (comprising of South East and South-South states).
“This meeting is billed to hold
in Abia State, Ebonyi State or Rivers State early January”.
It added that issues to be
discussed include Nigeria’s security challenges, 2023 general election, the
demise of pioneer President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Justice Ezebuilo Ozobu,
among others.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu
Buhari, has reiterated that he won’t stay in office beyond 2023.
He spoke in reaction to a
statement by legal luminary, Femi Falana, who alleged that a third term plot
was in the works.
Garba Shehu, the president’s aide
on media and publicity, dismissed Falana’s claim.
“To repeat: All and every claim
that is made that suggest President Muhammadu Buhari will stand for a third
term in office is false”, the spokesman stressed.
“President Buhari is a democrat.
He respects the Constitution. Any activity aimed at altering the two-term limit
will not succeed and shall never have his time nor support.”
“The President will have nothing
more to say on this matter – apart from to repeat this statement, ad infinitum
– that he will not be seeking, accepting, nor standing for a third term.
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