Apex Igbo socio-political organisation,
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, said Igbo
people would only support the
presidential candidate of the People
Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023
general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, if
he chooses someone from the South East
as his running mate and with a pledge to
ensure that the zone produces his
successor after four years.
Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo,
Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, stated this in
Abakaliki after a meeting with PDP
National Support Forum led by Dr. Ahmad
Musa and the World Igbo Youth Congress
led by Dr. Francis Anagha-Ufuoma.
He insisted that PDP remains the only
party for Igbos to achieve Igbo presidency
in 2027.
Isiguzoro noted that the consultative
meetings were the aftermath of the
presidential primaries of the political
parties for the 2023 general election,
which led to the emergence of Atiku of the
PDP, Mr.
Peter Obi of Labour Party and
Bola Ahmed Tinubu of All Progressives
Congress (APC) as the presidential
candidates of their parties.
He noted that supporting the candidate of
the APC means that the South East would
wait for another 16 years to produce
president.
He further urged Ndigbo, especially the
youth, to aggressively obtain their PVCs
before the closure of the exercise.
Speaking, Musa urged Ndigbo not to dump
the opposition party, which they joined
hand to form in 1998 through Dr. Alex
Ekwueme’s G34, saying PDP remains the
only party for Igbos to achieve Igbo
presidency in 2027.