The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has endorsed
the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar.
Akitu was endorsed on Thursday
during a meeting of Imeobi, the highest decision making body of Ohanaeze.
A communique issued after the
meeting, which was was signed by John Nnia Nwodo,
President General Ohaneze Ndigbo World Wide.
It read:
PREAMBLE
In its collective search for a
polity that is just, egalitarian and inclusive, the Ime Obi Ohaneze Ndi Igbo
met today Thursday 24 January, 2019 at the Nike Lake Hotel, Enugu, to further
deliberate on the future of Ndigbo in the chequred history of a beleaguered
country.
After a critical and
dispassionate appraisal of the issues and the visible fault lines in our
polity, including the analysis of the election manifestos of the various
contesting parties, especially with regards to the restructuring of the
federation and continued relevance of our people in the Nigerian geopolitical
space, the meeting resolved as follows:
1. That Ohaneze remains the apex
socio-cultural organization that works for the interest of the Igbo in and
outside Nigeria. It attempts to aggregate the views of all other Igbo
platforms;
2. Ohaneze notes particularly
that a major political party (PDP) by the nomination of our son Peter Obi as
the Vice presidential candidate has given Ndigbo an opportunity for
inclusivity. Ndigbo must seize the moment;
3. That the presidential
candidate of PDP Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has made an avowed commitment to
restructuring of the federation and reconfirmed same during his recent visit to
the United States in his meetings high-level US officials;
4. In consideration of the above
and other relevant existential factors pertaining to the treatment of the Igbo
in our polity, the Ime Obi Ohaneze, therefore, hereby ratify the decision
reached at the Ohaneze National Executive Committee (NEC)meeting held in Enugu
on Tuesday 22 January, 2019, to adopt the Atiku Abubakar/ Peter Obi ticket in
the 2019 presidential election. Ime Obi therefore endorses and embraces fully,
this ticket without equivocation, especially with regards to the position of
Ndigbo at the AWKA Declaration which insisted on a complete restructuring of
the Nigerian polity.
5. Ohaneze urges Ndigbo to see
their PVCs as their most potent tool to ensure a restructured polity and for a
better society;
6 The meeting further called on
the international community to help to ensure a free and credible 2019
elections in Nigeria;
7. Finally, Ohaneze urges all
Igbo to come out and vote and to protect their votes.
Signed:
John Nnia Nwodo
President General Ohaneze Ndigbo
World Wide
24 January 2019
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