Leaders of Igbo nation in the South East geo -political zone has asked the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar to apologise to the ethnic nationality for what they described as unwarranted comments bordering on succession
Atiku Abubakar had in his visit to Enugu on September 27,2022 to meet with PDP leaders of the region said he would actualise a President of Igbo extraction if he wins the presidency .
A few days after Atiku’s statement, Pan Igbo cultural association,Ohanaeze Ndigbo issued a statement expressing disappointment over Atiku’s perception of the Igbo nation.
They see Atiku’s statement as a joke taken too far and unacceptable to Ndigbo, more so, when Peter Obi,a true son of the Igbo nation is the candidate to beat in the 2023 general elections.
Expressing the same displeasure with Atiku,’s comment, Igbo youths y have asked the Waziri Adamawa to retract the statement describing it as an insult warning him to desist from further statements that denigrates the Igbo nation.
OYC whose position was made to newsmen berated the former Vice President for being insensitive to the political marginalisation of the igbos
The group said, the implication of Atiku’s promise is that if he wins the 2023 presidential election and decides to go for a second term, the Igbos will have to wait until 2031 to have a shot at the presidency saying It’s an insult to Ndigbo and unacceptable:
National President of OYC Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, said Atiku can’t be trusted. He stated: “We know politicians that can keep to their words and Atiku is not one of them. So what he’s doing is just to manoeuvre to get the opportunity to become the president of this country and continue his private and personal agenda.”
