Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on Friday advised all the delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to cast their votes for aspirants of the Igbo extractions in their forthcoming primaries to preserve the unity of Nigeria. Ohanaeze said that the delegates have the last chance of preserving and defending the nation’s unity with their choices of candidates for the 2023 presidential election, adding that any decision that produced a Northern candidate will likely make Nigeria’s unity a history. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization urged the delegates to see their soon coming primaries as a call to duty to save Nigeria and preserve her unity by voting in the spirit of equity and fairness for aspirants of the Igbo extraction.
Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide urged the delegates to realize that only the Nigerian President of Igbo stock from the seven Igbo speaking states including Anioma (in Delta,) and Ikwerre (in Rivers) will halt the disintegration threats to Nigeria’s corporate existence and unity beyond 2023. Isiguzoro warned that the consequence of another Northern presidency after President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 will be Nigeria’s doom and reinforcement for the secessionist campaign for Biafra restoration.
According to him, “We ought to have learned from the lessons from the use of Boko Haram as a political spear for seizing power in 2015 and the aftermath consequences of President Buhari’s failure to end up the Boko Haram and Bandits terrorism in the North.”APC and PDP national delegates should jettison money politics and put Nigeria’s Unity first by voting for Rt Hon. Chibuike Amaechi (Ikwerre, Rivers) and Gov. David Umahi (South-East) in APC and Gov. Nyesom Wike (Ikwerre Rivers) and Peter Obi (South-East) in PDP.” Isiguzoro said that never in the history of Nigerian politics has a particular region produced a presidential candidate and National Chairmen of leading political parties at the same time.
He said that it is tantamount to madness for the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu and his APC counterpart, Abdullahi Adamu to plot for Northern Presidential candidates, as it will spell doom for Nigeria and bring about an elections boycott in the South-East. “This is the last deciding chance to preserve and defend Nigeria’s unity and peace, APC and PDP National delegates should place patriotism above nepotism, and save Democracy.” We acknowledged the support of Afenifere and PANDEF for the 2023 Igbo Presidency. As for those who are inquisitive to scuttle the Igbo agenda for 2023, they’ll reap anarchy, particularly the Igbo paid agents. “We have not forgotten those Igbo saboteurs that betrayed Dr Alex Ekwueme in Jos 98 PDP convention if there is of Jos 98 and Northerners emerge as PDP and APC Presidential candidates, Igbos will boycott the 2023 elections,” Isiguzoro warned.