A socio-cultural organization in the South-East, Njiko Igbo Forum, NIF, has condemned the endorsement of the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by Ohaneze Ndigbo, describing the development as absurd.
Dailypost reports that the Forum in a statement issued on Friday by Rev Okechukwu Obioha, the President of the NIF, considered the development as disturbing.
“We view and considered the statement credited to Ohanaeze Ndigbo after their meeting this meeting in Enugu as absurd. That the said decision to adopting Atiku Abubakar as a presidential candidate for the 16th February, 2019 election is of no consequence.
“Ohaneze Ndigbo is a social-cultural Apex organization of Ndigbo. Ndigbo draws their political quest and aspirations from various political party platforms for fulfilment and therefore Ohanaeze lacks the capacity to so officially and publicly declare an interest for a particular candidate of a political party.
“It is unfortunate that we have not learnt from History, as this was the same professional political blunder Ohanaeze Ndigbo made in 2015, when they refused a request from now President Buhari of APC to have an audience with him at least, but rather purportedly adopted President Goodluck Jonathan.
“No wonder we observed correctly, that the anger of PMB not to give attention to projects and appointments to the Southeast, was not just because of the 5% mark after the elections but the slight meted to PMB. Again, it is disheartening and disappointing for Ohanaeze Ndigbo to play this inglorious and unacceptable script about Atiku, when Ndigbo has in Prof Kingsley Moghalu, a potential and electable victorious candidate come 2019.
“We, therefore, call on the generality of Igbo electorates all over the country and particularly in the Southeast geopolitical zone to ignore this purported decision and report.”
