Don’t support Atiku’s presidential ambition if you want Igbo Presidency in 2023 - Group warns Ndigbo
- A political group has said that voting for former president Atiku Abubakar in 2019 will destroy the hope of Igbo to become president in 2023
- The group therefore urged Atiku to wait till after 12 years when Buhari’s presidency and Igbo presidency dream would have been achieved
- The group also said that anybody from southeast or other regions supporting Atiku presidency is anti-Igbo
A political group, Initiative for Demonstrating Change (IDC), has stated on Wednesday, December 13, that the presidential ambition of the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, would jeopardize the hope of the Igbo people to present Nigeria’s president in 2023.
The group said that Igbo’s plan to get the presidency slot will not be fulfilled if President Muhammadu Buhari is not returned in the 2019 general election, The Sun reports.
NAIJ.com gathered that the national coordinator of the group, Chinedu Ogah, however, advised southeast leaders to vote for President Buhari in 2019 so that they can keep the 2023 Igbo presidency hope alive.
Oga also advised Atiku to wait till after 12 years to contest, after Buhari presidency is completed and the Igbo presidency plan has been achieved.
He said: “anybody supporting Atiku whether from South East or any other regions is anti-Igbo, and such moves would be resisted vehemently for the realization of the long hope of occupying the presidential position.”
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He stated that Atiku’s presidency ambition will also jeopardize the development and support which the region has enjoyed under the Buhari administration.
Ogah, therefore, urged all Igbo to be united and vote for President Buhari in 2019, irrespective of party affiliations.
Vowing that his group would mobilize millions of voters across the southeast to vote for Buhari’s reelection in 2019, Ogah advised Atiku to stop wasting his efforts.
He said: “Atiku should stop wasting his money and energy trying to score cheap political points against President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration” Ogah warned. “We want to state categorically that Atiku’s ambition is totally against the hope of Igbo’s Presidency in 2023. We should resist that because it will bring bad luck and underdevelopment to our region.”
“If any other person irrespective of his political party should clinch the Presidential seat, it therefore means that we have to wait for another eight years to renew our hope and agitation for ruling this country. We want Buhari back as a person no matter any party he may choose to run with. We have to support the Buhari’s All Progressives Congress if we must succeed him in 2023.
“We therefore appeal to leaders and all Ndigbo to eschew party politics and forge a common front to actualize Igbo’s supreme agenda in 2023. We have to unite ourselves as a people devoid of party politics to further achieve our goals. We also appeal to our brothers and sisters from other regions to support the re-election of the President.”
NAIJ.com had earlier reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) south-south leaders said that Atiku left the ruling party because of his personal interest.
They said: “Atiku Abubakar didn’t quit APC because of the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari and the entire APC leadership. He is itching for one last shot on the Nigerian political stage and President Buhari has become an electoral powerhouse and a big roadblock in his way.”
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Source: Naija.ng