Presidency: Ohaneze Endorses Atiku Over His Promised Restructuring

The Ime Obi Ohaneze from the Southeast of Nigeria has formally endorsed the candidacy of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing his promise to restructure the country as the major driving force.

The Ohaneze, in a statement after a meeting today, Thursday in Enugu, declared that it has ratified the decision its National Executive Committee (NEC) reached at the meeting held in Enugu on Tuesday 22 January, 2019, “to adopt the Atiku Abubakar/ Peter Obi ticket in the 2019 presidential election.

“Ime Obi therefore endorses and embraces fully, this ticket without equivocation, especially with regards to the position of Ndigbo at the AWKA Declaration which insisted on a complete restructuring of the Nigerian polity.”

In the statement signed by its President-General, John Nnia Nwodo, Ohaneze Ndigbo World Wide advised Ndigbo to see their PVCs as their most potent tool to ensure a restructured polity and for a better society.

It called on the international community to help to ensure a free and credible 2019 elections in Nigeria even as it called on all Igbo to come out and vote and to protect their votes.

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