•••URGES INEC TO CONDUCT FREE AND FAIR ELECTION
The apex -Igbo cultural Organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo has given a hint about the forces behind the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi.
The Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro in a statement on Wednesday, said that not less than 18 executive governors across the 36 state of the federation including past civilian and military leaders have queued behind the LP’s presidential Obi.
According to Isiguzoro, most of the governors are across party lines as some of them are in the ruling party All Progressive Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.
Okechukwu Isiguzoro commended the patriotic spirit and courage of the governors and other well-meaning Nigerians, especially the youths across the ethnic sensibilities in their determination to support Peter Obi.
He urged them not faint in their avowed efforts to sustain and rebuild Nigeria.
“This is a movement to take back Nigeria from the days of locusts, greedy and selfish politicians.
“It is a movement to rescue the country from adversity, economic slump, ASUU strike, insecurity and corruption.
“Nigerians have demonstrated readiness to take back their country through the ballot box and it behoves on the INEC to make the votes count,” he said.
According to him, the ongoing and ‘Obidients’ rallies across the country, have caused ripples in both PDP and APC.
He cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to toy with the Will of the people.
“The PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and others are startled by the soaring popularity of the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, especially after the Obidients’ Independence Day rallies across the country cutting across ethnicity and religious lines. The mammoth crowd took the different cities of the country by storm.
“As we speak, about 18 Governors from the North and the South, cutting across party lines, are behind the scenes putting up structures for Obi to win the 2023 election. In addition, some former Presidents and elder statesmen are in support of Obi’s candidature.
“They are all convinced that Obi has something different from all the other candidates.
“We are glad that for the first time in the recent past, Nigerians are united in the dethronement of misgovernance in Aso Rock. They are determined to make a political change through the ballot box with a third force presidency.
“This is the first time we are seeing such a strong political movement in Nigeria that is not being sponsored by politicians, rather the masses own the project.
“You have seen the mass movement across the country and beyond; you have seen even children, the persons with special needs, the aged, everyone is part of this movement.”
“We are going to hold the commission accountable for their actions. The INEC staff should not scuttle the desire of the people by doing the bidding of money-bag politicians,” he cautioned.
