Chief Ralph Obioha, an ex-chieftain of the National Democratic Coalition, has charged South-Easterners to ignore anybody calling for the boycott of the forthcoming elections in the region. THE PUNCH reports
It was reported that there is a rising fear that the Igbo votes might be suppressed by the call for an election boycott emanating from the Finland-based disaffected member of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa.Information Guide Nigeria
He added that any call for an election boycott in the region would affect the turnout of voters expected.
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In a statement presented to journalists, Obioha said his stance “is necessitated by some major factors or issues that I consider significantly critical and germane to the 2023 general election and what the conduct or outcome of the election portends for the corporate existence of Nigeria as a unified nation”.NYSC portal
“Is the epochal candidacy of Peter Obi which, by all credible accounts, has taken the entire nation by storm. The Obi phenomenon is so revolutionary and swift that in just a few months, he has come to be seen by many as the candidate to beat”.
“On my part, as someone having the abiding authority of Igbo elder statesmen to speak on their behalf on issues like this, I make bold to say that, along with the vast majority of Nigerians, the Igbo elder statesmen are solidly behind Obi, not merely because he is Igbo but also because he unarguably possesses the high character and fitness to be a President.
“In the recent past, there had been innuendoes from certain familiar quarters that ranking Igbo elder statesmen such as myself were not behind Obi. Nothing can be further from the truth. The latent truth is that Igbo elder statesmen did not wish to be seen as jumping out to support Obi just because he is Igbo.”JAMB Result
