The Apex Socio-cultural youth organization of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has accused APC presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu of planting seeds of discord between Ndigbos and the Yorubas.
Speaking to newsmen at Awka, shortly after the swearing in ceremony of Gov. Charles Soludo on Thursday, March, 17, the National President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, Igboayaka Igboayaka frowned at the desperation, which according to him, is evident in Bola Tinubu’s presidential project, hence his enthusiasm to govern Nigeria by hook or by crook.
Reacting to the meeting of Bola Tinubu with APC Senate Caucus of National Assembly on Wednesday, Igboayaka described it as an attempt to plant a seed of discord between Ndigbo and Yorubas, “who have contributed heavily to political and economic development of Nigeria.”
Comrade Igboayaka stated that the political differences between Zik and Awolowo was corrected in 1999 when Southeast presidential Aspirant and candidates Dr. Alex Ekwueme and Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu made a heavy sacrifice on the atonement of ill-political treatment against the Yorubas in 1992, when Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) annulled the election of their Son Chief MKO Abiola.
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“We can’t allow a grandfather like Bola Tinubu to plant the seed of Hatred, discord political inequality among the new generation of Ndigbo and Yoruba nation. It’s obvious that Bola Tinubu’s presidential project if allowed will put a perpetual discord among the Southeast and Southwest Region, therefore our peaceful coexistence among the two regions is more vital and everlasting than Bola Tinubu political interest.
“It’s illogical and unreasonable to allow a grandfather after he must have left the earth, what he planted would continue to grow hate, crises and keep hurting Ndigbo and Yorubas.
“Bola Tinubu presidential project is a historical error we must avoid, his presidential ambition will bring negative remote effects to the present and future generations of Ndigbo and Yorubas.
Bola Tinubu ought to without delay become a political hero and father whose name will not be erased from political history of Nigeria if he reasonably quits his presidential ambition and supports one Presidential aspirant from Southeast in All Progressive Congress, APC.
Continuing, he said: “the Southwest between 1999 and 2023 served as the President of Nigeria for eight years and subsequently Vice president for another eight years making it a total of Sixteen years of Presidency. It’s, therefore, morally evil for Bola Tinubu to consider himself qualified to run for 2023 Presidency.
“At this time Sen. Bola Tinubu has the opportunity to become a hero or a villain. If he still chooses to run, he is making himself a villain before the present and new generation of Igbo and Yoruba extraction”, Igboayaka concluded.