Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, chairman of the Igbo Elders Consultative Forum (IECF), has made known why he visited All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima in Borno State.
It would be recalled that there were controversies among Igbo elders days ago after Ezeife visited Shettima.
It is understood that the division among the members of the organisation was further fuelled by the cancellation of two press conferences earlier scheduled for 1 pm on Tuesday, June 14 and Friday, June 24 2022 at Ezeife’s residence in Asokoro at the last minute, while no explanation was given.
Fingers were pointed at Ezeife as members of the IECF maintained a deafening silence, thereby fuelling more speculation that politicians may have infiltrated its members.
However, in a statement made available to newsmen recently, Ezeife explained that he visited Shettima to assist a businessman whose warehouse was bulldozed by the Borno State Government.
Against speculations of having an alliance with the ruling party, Ezeife said the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu is too old for the office of President of Nigeria.
He stressed that the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the former governor had knocked off his chances.
Ezeife said, “Yes, I went, uninvited, to Shettima, I was accompanied by a Maiduguri-born and brought-up businessman of South-East extraction. Why? More than a year ago, a well-built young man came to my office in Abuja crying desperately. He talked like someone considering suicide! He told me that he was finished, that the clothes on him were the only property left for him. He inherited a hotel from his father and built two more hotels by himself. All three hotels and a warehouse were bulldozed by the Borno State government.
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