Njiko Igbo Forum, an affiliate of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has lashed out at the five South-East governors, accusing them of ganging up against the presidential ambition of Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.
Leader of Njiko Igbo Forum, Rev Dr Okechukwu Christopher Obioha, in a statement issued on Thursday, said it was regrettable that Governor Alex Otti of Abia State had joined his other colleagues in working against Obi.
Obioha, however, said Obi would still garner 98 percent of the votes that would be cast in the South-East, as according to him, “the governors only have five votes. The people will give Peter Obi 98% votes in the South-East.”
He said anyone who had doubts where Otti stood could now see that he was supporting President Bola Tinubu. Obioha urged voters across the South-East to reward the governors by voting against the three of them seeking re-election in 2027. Accusing Tinubu of running a one-sided government, Obioha said: “For whatever it’s worth, this country called Nigeria was fought for by Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igbo.
“The Igbo are a majority tribe in Nigeria, and Christian-dominated. Since the advent of this democracy in 1999, the Igbo have been neglected and sidelined, and in 2027, other reasonable patriotic Nigerians want an Igbo in the person of Peter Obi to be President, but these Governors, for reasons best known to them, do not want the Igbo to have their bearing or their dignity and respect restored in and with Nigeria.
“They are now the enemy of Ndigbo and their decision to vote for Tinubu cannot work. No wonder Dr Alex Oti invited the wife of Tinubu to come to Abia State recently and doled out two billion Naira for the Akwete materials.
“Dr Alex Oti is paying Peter Obi, on whose back he rode to become the Governor, with bad coin. He has destroyed the axiom that says one good turn deserves another. We call on all voters in all the South-East states where their governors are standing for election on the 6th February 2027, to vote against them, including Dr Alex Oti of Abia State.
“The struggle for the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2027 will determine the survival of Ndigbo in Nigeria. All Igbo votes in the whole of Nigeria must be for Peter Obi, and with the votes of other meaningful Nigerians, Peter Obi will become President, and our suffering, peace, security, unity and progress will be Nigeria’s portion. A project of Nigeria with equity, justice and fairness, where the Igbo tribe, a major partner in the project called Nigeria, is excluded, is not a project,” he declared.
