We never demand payment o support Igbo presidency, Ohanaeze speaks out
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has vehemently denied an allegation of demanding money to support the campaign for Nigerian President of Igbo extraction, ever since the agitation began.
The organization described the accusation as “most fallacious, mendacious and callous of all the falsehoods aimed at tarnishing the image of the Igbo, and morally reprehensible fabrication from the pit of hell.”
Ohanaeze said that of its own volition, it has been on advocacy visits to many political and traditional leaders across the country, canvassing support for a President from the South East of Nigeria.
Ohanaeze spoke, as the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abia North, took a swipe at the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, and former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, saying that the race for Presidency in 2023 should not be reduced to a regional contest, just as he appealed to the Igbo not to make Presidency a regional issue, but wait for their turn and work with other zones in the country to achieve their ambition.
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He also assured that the Igbo will benefit more from Tinubu’s presidency.
Among the leaders visited, according to the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, included former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III; E. K. Clark, Ayo Adebanjo, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the British High Commission, and so many others.
Ohanaeze said this while distancing itself from a trending social media clip alleging that Ohanaeze Ndigbo demanded payments from one Comrade Kennedy Iyere as a condition to support the campaign for a Nigerian President from the South East. Ohanaeze said such never happened.
Responding to the allegation, through the National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Alex Chidozie Ogbonnia, Ohanaeze Ndigbo stated: “Our attention has been drawn to a social media clip making the rounds indicating that Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide demanded payments from one Comrade Kennedy Iyere as a condition to support a Nigerian President from the South East.
We never demand payment o support Igbo presidency, Ohanaeze speaks out
