APC praises Ohanaeze for rejecting Jonathan’s
endorsement
JANUARY 5, 2015 BY IHUOMA CHIEDOZIE
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South-East zonal spokesperson for the All
Progressives Congress, Osita Okechukwu
The All Progressives Congress in the South-East has
congratulated Ohanaeze Ndigbo for “shooting down”
a motion for the endorsement of President Goodluck
Jonathan as the candidate of the Igbo in the 2015
presidential election.
A statement by the spokesman of the APC in the
South-East, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, described those
that opposed the motion, which was moved by a
Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Chief Emmanuel
Iwuanyanwu, at the Imeobi (inner caucus) meeting of
the Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Saturday, as “true Igbo
patriots.”
Okechukwu expressed happiness that “Ndigbo have
realised that it doesn’t make sense to put all our eggs
in one basket, especially when the political scenario
in the 2015 presidential election differs remarkably
from that of 2011, when Jonathan was endorsed.”
He said, “Ohanaeze, by refusing to endorse President
Jonathan, has taken a cue from Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s
New Year sermon at the Adoration Ground, that
Nigeria needs a change for the better.
“As Mbaka said, ‘I love President Jonathan and I used
to be his fan, but I want good for my people and
that’s why I want Nigerians to vote out Jonathan and
vote Buhari.
“If the Hausa have spread their dragnets in both the
PDP and the APC and Yoruba have spread their
dragnets in both the PDP and the APC, then Ndigbo
should not blame anybody for marginalisation in the
event of the APC’s victory in the forth coming
February 14, 2015 presidential election.”
Okechukwu stressed that the APC in the South-East
believed that Ohanaeze Ndigbo should remain
neutral in the 2015 general elections, as there were
Igbo in all the parties.
“Igbo are not only in the PDP – we have Igbo sons
and daughters in the APC, the main opposition party
in the country today.
“Our son, Chief Chekwas Okorie, is contesting under
the UPP. What happens to him if we endorse
Jonathan?
“Ohanaeze is a polygamous father; we must spread
our dragnets like our contemporaries in the Nigeria
project.
“Like the Hausa and the Yoruba, we should take the
battle to every flank, not just one flank because if we
channel all our arsenals to one flank and it goes the
other flank at the end of the day, nobody will take us
seriously if tomorrow again we start complaining
about marginalisation,” he said.