The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization, has reacted over the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The All Progressive Congress APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was declared winner of the APC presidential primary after he polled 1271 votes to beat his closest rival, Rotimi Amaechi and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, who polled 316 and 235, respectively.
In a statement by Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, he said the refusal of the leading political parties to give presidential ticket to the South-East would come with consequences.
However, R24R, earlier reports that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has emerged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In it reaction, the Apex group, saluted all the aspirants from the South-East for their “heroic outing.”
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo salutes Igbo Presidential aspirants in both the APC and the PDP for standing firm to the end, in the face of utter betrayal by both parties.
“Indeed, the usually calm Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu appropriately captured the mood of Ndigbo, especially the South-East, when he asked a very pertinent question while speaking at the APC primary: ‘where is the Justice?’.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo salutes the Southern and Middle Belt Alliance (SAMBA) for insisting that it is the turn of the South-East, come 2023.
