The Director-General of Voice of
Nigeria, Mr Osita Okechukwu, on Monday said Vice-President Yemi
Osinbajo’s comment that a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari in the
2019 presidential election would guarantee the South-West the 2023
presidency was a “wake-up call” to the South-East.
Osinbajo
made the comment while on a house-to-house campaign in Oyo town, where
he held a 45-minute closed-door meeting with the Alaafin, Oba Lamidi
Adeyemi.
Before now, it was believed that the South-East would
have the opportunity to produce the president in 2023, although the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, had at a
rally in Owerri, Imo State, said the development would depend on Igbo
support for Buhari in 2019.
Osinbajo’s comment was faulted by
groups, including the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, and
the apex socio-political body of the Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as well as
the Peoples Democratic Party.
However, reacting to the
development in a statement on Monday, Okechukwu said Ndigbo should see
the VP’s comments as a wake-up call.
Okechukwu said, “The
Vice-President’s call for Yoruba to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari
in 2019 so as to have a shot at the Presidency in 2023 is
constitutional and mostly importantly a wake-up call to Ndigbo.
“A
wake-up call to Ndigbo in the true sense of the word that equity,
natural justice and good conscience are the advantages on our side – for
the South-East is the only geopolitical zone in the southern belt that
has not presided over Nigeria since 1999, when the rotation of President
convention took off.
“We appeal to Ndigbo to hearken to this
clarion call as all we need is to vote for President Buhari so as to
reinforce the equity, natural justice and good conscience which is on
our side.
“Our vote for Buhari will engender the support of
his mass followers in the North, for Buhari has a vote-bank of 10 to 12
million voters, which is a big arsenal.”
The All Progressives
Congress chief added, “On the issue of four years, Buhari’s remaining
four years post 2019 is cast in constitutional stone, while Atiku
Abubakar’s own is at best a pledge.
“Atiku’s manifesto is six- year plan.
“Therefore, Buhari’s option is the quickest and surest route to a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction.”
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The Director-General of Voice of
Nigeria, Mr Osita Okechukwu, on Monday said Vice-President Yemi
Osinbajo’s comment that a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari in the
2019 presidential election would guarantee the South-West the 2023
presidency was a “wake-up call” to the South-East.
Osinbajo
made the comment while on a house-to-house campaign in Oyo town, where
he held a 45-minute closed-door meeting with the Alaafin, Oba Lamidi
Adeyemi.
Before now, it was believed that the South-East would
have the opportunity to produce the president in 2023, although the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, had at a
rally in Owerri, Imo State, said the development would depend on Igbo
support for Buhari in 2019.
Osinbajo’s comment was faulted by
groups, including the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, and
the apex socio-political body of the Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as well as
the Peoples Democratic Party.
However, reacting to the
development in a statement on Monday, Okechukwu said Ndigbo should see
the VP’s comments as a wake-up call.
Okechukwu said, “The
Vice-President’s call for Yoruba to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari
in 2019 so as to have a shot at the Presidency in 2023 is
constitutional and mostly importantly a wake-up call to Ndigbo.
“A
wake-up call to Ndigbo in the true sense of the word that equity,
natural justice and good conscience are the advantages on our side – for
the South-East is the only geopolitical zone in the southern belt that
has not presided over Nigeria since 1999, when the rotation of President
convention took off.
“We appeal to Ndigbo to hearken to this
clarion call as all we need is to vote for President Buhari so as to
reinforce the equity, natural justice and good conscience which is on
our side.
“Our vote for Buhari will engender the support of
his mass followers in the North, for Buhari has a vote-bank of 10 to 12
million voters, which is a big arsenal.”
The All Progressives
Congress chief added, “On the issue of four years, Buhari’s remaining
four years post 2019 is cast in constitutional stone, while Atiku
Abubakar’s own is at best a pledge.
“Atiku’s manifesto is six- year plan.
“Therefore, Buhari’s option is the quickest and surest route to a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction.”
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