Second Republic lawmaker and the
Abia State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Elders Council, Chief
Godfrey Onyemaobi, has expressed doubt over the ability of the presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, to restructure
Nigeria if elected.
He criticized the Igbo Leaders of
Thoughts led by Professor Ben Nwabueze, over the purported endorsement of the
former Nigeria former Vice President, for the 2019 presidential election in the
country.
Recall that Atiku
received the endorsement in Enugu during a gathering of Igbo leaders last
Wednesday.
Onyemaobi, in a chat with Dailyposton Monday night, claimed that the Igbo leaders that attended the Enugu
meeting, were arch supporters of the opposition PDP, and lacked powers to speak
for Ndigbo.
The elder statesman said,
“Nigeria is a free country, and any person is free to express his or her
opinions pertaining to events in the country. Those Igbo leaders who assemblage
in Enugu were only discussing and expressing their own opinions.
“They are not talking for the
Igbo nation. As you know, all politics is local. So, I don’t see how their
opinions will influence events in all over Igbo land.
“Furthermore, those are arch
supporters of PDP. So, they should be talking to raise the morale of their
members. Atiku promised his going to restructure Nigeria. But, he has not told
us how, the shape and the form the restructuring will be.
“If you remember last week, when
the President went to France, and when he was commenting on restructuring, he
said nobody or person has really defined what restructuring meant.
“I’m sorry; our dear brother from
Anambra State, Governor Willie Obiano, said restructuring means, giving Igbo nation
additional states. That is his opinion. That is how he understands
restructuring.
He added that, “Atiku has to tell
us in what nature is he going to restructure the country. He hasn’t got the
powers on his own to decree events regarding restructuring to come into being
like the military did.
” Whatever thing he is going to
produce, would be dependent on the National Assembly and all the State
Assemblies, two-third of them concurring. Even if we want to go back to 1963
Republican constitution, it has to go through the National Assembly.
“Are you sure he (Atiku) will get
the required supports from the national Assembly? So, if those Igbo leaders
bought Atiku’s game plan, I will call it, buying a pig in pork. So, like I
said, they are entitled to their opinions.”
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