The youth wing of the
apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ohanaeze Youth Council,
has said that the All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, is behind the plot to remove Ike Ekweremadu as the deputy senate president.
In a statement issued
in Umuahia, the OYC National President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, asked Tinubu
and other “anti- Igbo forces in APC” to retrace their steps or face the wrath
of Igbo youths.
Isiguzoro said the plot
to remove Ekweremadu was an affront on the Igbo nation which would not be
tolerated.
He said, “Being fully
aware that the present plot is being orchestrated by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, we
ask him to re-trace his steps forthwith or we shall declare him an enemy of
Ndigbo.”
Isiguzoro, however,
urged President Muhammadu Buhari to caution Tinubu and other anti-Ekweremadu
forces in order to avoid actions that might further overheat the polity.
He said, “We are aware
that Buhari is under intense pressure to endorse the ‘Ekweremadu must go plot.’
This is the time for the President to prove that he belongs to nobody, Tinubu
inclusive, but that he belongs to everybody, Ndigbo inclusive.”
Also, another Igbo
group, Izu-Umunna Cultural Association, asked the APC to accept the election of
Ekweremadu as the deputy senate president as the will of God.
The association also
asked the Federal Government to relocate the Boko Haram detainees from
Ekwulobia prison facilities in the South-East because their presence had been
creating tension in the region.
According to him, the
presence of the Boko Haram detainees is like spreading the virus of terrorism
to a region not known to such a trend.
In a statement signed
by its President, Dr. Ugo Ihekuna, and Secretary-General, Chief Elvis Chukwu,
the association attributed the crisis in the senate to the handwork of
politicians who wanted things to always go their own way.
No comments:
Post a Comment