Leaders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo have urged Nigerians to stop the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, from occupying Aso Rock Presidential Villa,
Abuja in 2023.
This is contained in a statement by the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
The statement reads: “Atiku Abubakar and his cronies have craftily conceived a masterpiece by gambling on the ignorance of the unenlightened Northern populace in alliance with Aso Rock cartels to cruise to power in 2023. They also want to hoodwink and trick the South-East and Niger/Delta voters.
“Nigerians know that before the 2003 elections, former President Olusegun Obasanjo lost control of PDP party structure to his erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar when the latter allegedly used the then Governors to bolster his chances of winning the 2003 elections against President Obasanjo.
“It’s an open secret that Obasanjo knelt and stooped low to beg Atiku Abubakar, his deputy, before he could return and win his re-election in 2003. Obasanjo should open up to Nigerians, and tell them the truth about what transpired in the privatization exercise led by Atiku Abubakar during his tenure”.
“A man who is claiming to unify the country but couldn’t find any possible way to unify the PDP, a man who has dismissed the opportunity for a Southerner to replace Iyochia Ayu as PDP National Chairman, rather he plotted the return of Adolphus Wabara to spite the South-East.
“Nigerians should stop Atiku from becoming Buhari’s successor which portends a transition of power from Northerner to another Northerner, from a Fulani to another Fulani, from Muslim to another Muslim, from disaster to disaster in 2023”.
