Ohanaeze: We are not saying Tinubu is the devil

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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has vowed to support the President-elect, Bola Tinubu until a court of competent says otherwise.

Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, disclosed this while urging Tinubu to reach out to other presidential candidates in the spirit of fairness.

 

Speaking with DAILY POST, Isiguzoro congratulated Tinubu on his victory at Saturday’s presidential election.

He, however, lamented that the just-concluded presidential election was flawed.

 

According to Isiguzoro: “Democracy has come to stay, [and] irrespective that INEC has not lived up to its expectation and people are not happy with the outcome of this election, we don’t have any option but to congratulate APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu on his victory as the winner of the 2023 election.

 

“Ndigbo are major players in Nigeria’s economy, politics and otherwise. Nigeria belongs to all of us, and Tinubu must reach out to other contestants in the spirit of fairness. No place in the world where the election is perfect, the election was once rigged in the US, but at this moment, we will continue to support those who have emerged victorious in the spirit of the Southern presidency.

 

“We are aware that with the outcome of this election, there is going to be a transition of power from the North to Southern presidency which is the position of Ohanaeze Ndigbo; what Ohanaeze campaigned for in 2023 was that power must shift from the North to the South; and we had two candidates – Tinubu and Peter Obi – and the favourite of Nigeria was Obi; however, the devil we know is better than the angel that did not win.

 

“We are not saying Tinubu is the devil, but we are going to manage him until any court of competent jurisdiction says otherwise that the election was flawed. Ohanaeze will identify with Tinubu until any court of competent jurisdiction says otherwise.”

 

Also, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has rejected the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission after last Saturday’s presidential election.

The body said the results released were marred with “monumental irregularities” and failure of the commission to follow its guidelines in conducting the election.

 

The National Vice President of the organisation, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene stated these in Awka, on Wednesday.

He urged Nigerians to remain calm, adding that the last may not have been heard of the 2023 presidential election.

 

He said, “With voting and declaration of results over, other processes will follow. I am sure that many Nigerians will, on their own, go to court to challenge the outcome of the exercise.

“Many people have not accepted the declaration and many do not believe that they have a President-elect yet.

 

“This is the worst election conducted by INEC. Imagine our President, Muhammadu Buhari, saying during one of the campaigns that Bola Tinubu is the next president at a time the election had not been conducted, which was an indication that the election was even rigged before it was conducted.

 

“The INEC chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood was busy promising Nigerians that their votes would count and that the votes would be transmitted from the polling units to the INEC server, only for the commission to do everything manually with the attendant corrupt practices.

“As it turned out, many Nigerians voted, but their votes did not count, which was frustrating.

 

“If the LP goes to court, all the ugly things done during the February 2023 presidential election will be exposed for the world to see.”

 

Okeke-Ogene said further that the Labour Party changed the political configuration of the country, adding that things will never be the same again.

“Nigerians are now more determined to take back their country and Ohanaeze believes that they will succeed.

“With what happened in states like Lagos, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kaduna and other places, it is obvious that Nigerians are no longer talking along tribal inclinations,” he added.

 

He told the international community that in addition to sending observers to Nigeria during elections, they should also sanction those who undermine democracy in the country.

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