Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on
Sunday, threatened a boycott of the 2023 presidential election should the two
major political parties, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, refuse to zone their tickets to the Southern region.
This came in reaction to the latest stand of the Arewa
Consultative Forum, ACF, and the Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, who both believe
the presidential contest should be thrown open.
But Ohanaeze, through its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu
Isiguzoro said in a statement made available, that the abolition
of the gentleman agreement on power rotation would come with dire consequences.
He said it was obvious that “the Northern Elders’ Forum has
opted for absurdity in issues that will strengthen internal democracy in all
political parties and in the country.”
He, however, warned that “any attempt by northern
socio-cultural groups to arm-twist the two major political parties, through
their sons who are National Chairmen of both the APC and the PDP, to derail the
electoral process, will lead to revolts and boycott of the 2023 presidential
election in the South, especially in the East.”
He claimed that the leadership of both political parties
were under coercion from northern lobbyists and northern socio-cultural groups
“to destroy the trust and confidence that bind Nigerians together through the
rotational presidency between the North and the South.”
He said those making such moves ought to have learnt from
the sad experiences of the North when they frustrated President Jonathan’s
administration and installed Buhari in 2015.
“The aftermath of that betrayal is the worsening insecurity
in the North,” Isiguzoro said.
He declared that, “we will encourage the Southern Governors
and socio-cultural groups to mobilize our people and boycott the 2023
presidential election in the South, especially in the South-East if the
Northern candidates emerge in APC and PDP.
“Whenever it gets to the turn of the Igbo, the narratives
will always change against them.
“Whenever it’s the time for the Igbo to attain any position,
there will be gang ups and clandestine networks to fuel crisis and disasters
against them, but it won’t work this time. Igbos will surely survive all these
political conspiracies against them.”
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