Atiku has finished whatever was left of PDP, Ohanaeze declares

Apex Igbo socio - cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is the Presidential candidate of PDP in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, has destroyed whatever was left of the main opposition party.

Ohanaeze's declaration, was in reaction to a statement credited to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, wherein he was quoted to have said: " This is what the Northerner needs, it doesn't need a Yoruba or Igbo candidate, I stand before you as a Pan - Nigerian of Northern origin. "

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement made available to Fresh Angle International today, Sunday October 16, by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro said by Atiku’s utterances, he had finished whatever was left of the PDP.

“We find it very weird and disappointing that an elder statesman and a presidential candidate, in the person of a one-time Vice Presidential candidate of Nigeria could mount the podium at a public function and play such an ethnic card. 

“We are worried that at such a time Nigeria is seeking for a unifier, Atiku is further pushing the country into disintegration; he has shown that he lacks the capacity to lead and unite this country. 

“His ambition has already destroyed the PDP and pushed it from number one to third if not fourth force. Now, he wants to bring the same division into the affairs of the country. We ask Nigerians to say no by rejecting him stoutly at the polls,” Ohanaeze said.

The apex Igbo group added that the G-5 Governors led by Nyesom Wike have been proved to be the true lover of the country. 

According to him, “we can see that the party has even suspended the presidential campaign after the flag-off in Uyo recently. All is not well with the team PDP.

“Nobody can trust a man who said he is a stepping stone for the actualization of the southeast presidency in the future, but within 48 hours, he offered the same Presidency to Gov. Wike. It's absurd to see how the PDP's Presidential team now hawks counterfeit promises.

“For the sake of equity and one Nigeria, Governor Wike's group should sustain the Ayu Must Go campaign. We are solidly behind the G-5 Governors. Drafting David Mark, Ibori and co to pacify Wike is medicine after death. PDP is out of the 2023 contest, the battle is between Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu.”

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