- Ohaneze Ndigbo said it has not endorsed the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku, or any other presidential candidates in the forthcoming general election
- The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation said it was some Igbo friends of Atiku that recently endorsed him, not Ohaneze Ndigbo
- The Igbo group, however, said it will soon meet to take a holistic position on the 2019 general elections, adding that it will identify with candidates that promise restructuring
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has denied endorsing Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election.
The deputy national publicity secretary of the organisation, Chuks Ibegbu, disclosed this on Thursday, January 10, in Enugu at a media briefing to mark the second anniversary of the current executive of the organisation, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Ibegbu said that the clarification became necessary following misconceptions on the event of November 14, 2018 where some Igbo leaders endorsed the candidacy of Atiku Abubakar for presidency.
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It would be recalled that some Igbo leaders had during a meeting in Enugu attended by Atiku and the national leaders of the PDP including the Senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki endorsed Atiku.
Ibegbu, however, clarified that the said endorsement was done by the friends of Atiku, adding that the organisation had not endorsed any particular candidate.
The deputy national publicity secretary said that the organisation needed to be circumspect, “as our children are in all the political parties.’
“It is erroneous to say that we endorsed Atiku. Ohaneze Ndigbo did not endorse anybody. That meeting at Nike Lake Resort was organised by friends of Atiku.
“However, due to our peculiar circumstance in the country, we will identify with candidates that will restructure Nigeria if voted into power,” he said.
He said that the organisation would soon meet to take a holistic position on the 2019 general elections.
“Ohaneze Ndigbo has been canvassing for our people to identify with candidates that will restructure Nigeria.
“We still stand on that and in the next few days we shall meet to take a holistic position on the elections,” he said.
Ibegbu noted that within the two years in office of the Chief John Nwodo led Ohaneze Ndigbo, “we have given our modest contribution by re-jigging Igbo leadership and issues concerning our people”.
He said that the current leadership of the organisation had built synergy with its affiliate groups with a view to achieving unity in the area.
He said that the dexterity and leadership acumen of Nwodo had positively affected the relationship between the organisation and other ethnic socio-cultural associations in the country.
“This has earned the president general an award as ‘Bridge Builder of the Nation’, which will be presented to him on January 17 by Daily Independent Newspapers,” Ibegbu said.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government of Dr Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti had been accused by the state chapter of the PDP of refusing to grant its request for a venue to hold a campaign rally for Atiku in the state.
The PDP state chairman, Barr Gboyega Oguntuase, while briefing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, January 9, said the action had again attested to the widespread fear by the opposition party that the APC was desperate to rig the forthcoming elections and subvert the will of the populace.
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