Apex Igbo socio-cultural organzation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has
told all presidential aspirants from the South-East not to consider settling
for the position of running mate in the 2023 election.
The warning came amid rumour that former Anambra State
Governor, Mr. Peter Obi was considering taking the position of running mate to
Atiku Abubakar.
Obi was the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general election. It is now being rumoured
that he would deputize Atiku again in the forthcoming election.
Reacting through a press statement made available to
journalists in Enugu on Wednesday, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike cautioned that Igbo youths would
not take it lightly with Obi or any other presidential aspirant from the region
who accepts to play a second fiddle.
“Speculation has been rife that Mr. Peter Obi, Okwute Ndigbo
has accepted to be Atiku’s running mate and we cannot ignore it again.
“This is why we are sounding a note of warning that neither
Obi nor any other Igbo man or woman should jettison this project. They should
not accept to be a spare tire any more.
“No Igbo man should be cajoled out of this race because we
are part and parcel of this country. If it is otherwise, this is the time to
let us know and we will take our fate in our hands.
“We are saying for the umpteenth time that both the APC and
the PDP should micro-zone their presidential tickets to the South-East.
Anything short of that is unacceptable,” Okwu stated.
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