The Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has vowed to support Presidential candidate of the Labour Party’s (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, in his effort to reclaim what it said was the mandate granted to him by Nigerians on February 25.
While the South East’s voters turned out in significant numbers to cast their votes, the Igbo organisation praised them for refusing to give in to threats of violence and intimidation.
National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, told newsmen that the widespread support for Obi-Datti’s candidacy was due to Nigerians’ belief in the LP candidate’s message that a new Nigeria was achievable.
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Mr. Obi was described by the Ohanaeze as a ‘diligent’ individual whose moral integrity might not be questioned.
The group expressed hope that the LP candidate would prevail in court to that degree.
In the words of Ogbonnia, “I’m happy Nigeria is moving away from political apathy to a participant political culture. It is a plus because in the third world that participation has been a problem and you can see they participated actively.
“They couldn’t be suppressed or intimidated. They rather defied all the threats from all the external forces and came even under sunshine and rain.
“They stood strongly and expressed their wish through their votes. We were impressed because in the past, they did not have confidence in the electoral system and to that extent there is this political apathy. But they came out fully and voted.
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“I have confidence in that because when he was deprived of his victory sometime in Anambra State, he struggled and assured people that he would recover it, later on, he recovered that mandate. The same way, it is like history repeating itself.
“Anybody who has known Peter Obi will know that he is always sure of whatever he is doing. He is conscious of whatever position or decision he is taking. He is not a man of frivolities or a man who takes decisions anyhow. He takes a thorough review of his decisions before making it public.
“In fact, I would rather say that Ohanaeze Ndigbo endorses the speech by Peter Obi in pursuing this case and to make sure that we follow it to its logical conclusion and we are very confident that he will win,” Ogbonnia said.