The apex Igbo group, Ohanaeze, has revealed who their presidential candidate for the 2023 election will be.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, a socio-cultural organization has revealed that they will support the candidacy of Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
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The group said in a statement made available on Sunday that their choice of candidate for the 2023 election is based on conscience and morality.
In the statement titled ‘2023: On SMBLF Position We Stand,’ signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, the group noted that Obi brought hope to the Igbo people.
“Ohanaeze works in collaboration with the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), comprising the Afenifere, PANDEF, Middle Belt Leaders, and Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by an elder statesman, Chief E. K. Clarke. The group, in its quest for Nigerian unity, peace, and sustainable national development, has endorsed Mr Peter Obi as its candidate for the 2023 general elections.”
Ohanaeze added that it is the turn of the South-East to produce a president in 2023, and it is ready to seek for support for its preferred candidate.
“In the first place, going by the principles of zoning and rotation of power in Nigeria, which have been in existence since 1999, it is the turn of the South East of Nigeria to produce the president in 2023.”
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo has canvassed to various eminent persons in Nigeria, seeking their support for the presidency in the South East come 2023. We are delighted by the responses from various groups and highly placed patriotic Nigerians.
“On the other hand, Ohanaeze brought a commodity to the market, and now the world is clamouring for it. We are rather excited, happy, and fulfilled that Nigeria is now in full possession of the commodity.”
The Igbo group also maintained that their candidate is a true representation of “Nigerian conscience, moral probity, generational hope, redemption epiphany, and above all, the Igbo collective unconscious.”
In their words, they chose their candidate because of “merit, competence, a track record of accomplishments, and the veritable ideas that Obi espouses for a better Nigeria” and that ‘the Obidient Movement’ was “a massive disruptive reaction against the deplorable Nigerian pathologies.”
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“People use the Obi phenomenon to express dissatisfaction with the status quo. It is a revolt against injustice, poverty, unemployment, corruption, and all other forms of vicious circles that have become the trademark of Nigeria. In other words, every revolution is a structural change,” Ohanaeze added.
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