Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has
accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of making itself a
willing tool towards harassing the people of the South-East out of the 2023
presidential race.
This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the
President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, Mazi
Okwu Nnabuike.
Okwu, who lauded former Imo Governor, Senator Rochas
Okorocha for joining the presidential race, said it has become a norn for the
EFCC to go after the people of the South-East once they showed interest in the
presidential race.
The anti-graft agency had on Monday filed a 17-count charge
against Okorocha over alleged looting of about N2.9 billion as governor.
Reacting, the OYC advised the EFCC not to return to the ugly
days of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo during which the agency was used
to intimidate all opposition politicians.
Okwu said “the decision of Senator Rochas Okorocha is
welcomed heartily by the entire Igbo youths. We have said it time without
number that all the presidential materials from the South-East should make
their declarations without further delay. So, we commend Okorocha for taking
the bold step and urge him not to relent but to pursue the project vigorously.
“We have no doubt in our mind that he is one of the best
materials fit for the office of the President and deserves to be so considered
by his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, who must zone the ticket to
the South-East if they mean well for this country.”
He warned the EFCC to “stop this needless harassment and
intimidation of Igbo politicians simply because of the 2023 general elections.
We know the EFCC is acting on a script of a certain politician but we assure
them that their evil plot has already crashed like a pack of cards.
“No level of antics will intimidate Ndigbo out of the
presidential race which is our turn by every indices. They should leave
Okorocha, VON DG, Osita Okechukwu and other Igbo men and women alone.
“Having said this, we assure Owelle Rochas Okorocha that
Ndigbo are proud of him and we stand by him; he should not be cowed but stand
firm as we all go into this battle to give Ndigbo their deserved place in the
Nigerian polity.”
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Rochas Anayo Okorocha has right to contest just like every other Nigerian. Why is EFCC being used to harass and intimidate people simply because they declared interest in the presidency? Who has issued any thing since Tinubu declared his intention or is Tinubu not from this corrupt arrangement called Nigeria?
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