Raymond Dokpesi, an ally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, had said the former Vice President would govern Nigeria for a single term, if elected as president.
According
to recent news, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has rejected former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar’s proposed single four years tenure if elected as president in 2023.
The apex
Igbo social-cultural group described Atiku’s proposal as a hoax.
Dokpesi
vowed to go naked if Atiku fails to hand over to the Igbos after his tenure.
Reacting,
Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the remark was a
collective disrespect to people of the southeast.
Isiguzoro
also declared that Igbos will reject the vice-presidential slot, stressing that
the region should be allowed to produce a president in 2023.
In a
statement he signed and forwarded to, Isiguzoro recounted how Atiku rejected a
single term offer from Igbo elders in 2019.
He said:
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has declared openly that attempts to trick and
entice the southeast with attractive offers from the ally of former Vice
President and 2019 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Raymond Dokpesi
to get southeast’s support for his principal (Atiku) in 2023 are hoaxes and
collective disrespect on the sensibility of the people of southeast, no amount
of enticing promises will make southeast to swap their right to 2023 presidency
to anyone.
“Atiku
Abubakar’s refusal to adhere to a written request from Igbo elders for a
Mandela option of a single tenure in 2019 will continue to haunt his 2023
presidential ambitions, instead, he replied to Igbo leaders in 2019 with his
then six years economic blueprint for Nigeria (2020-2026) which was a clear
understanding of having the ambition of a two-term as president if elected.
“This
evidence is now contradictory to the recent request from Atiku’s ally for
southeast’s support, as no force can thwart the 2023 Igbo Presidency Project
with vice presidential offer to the southeast, which is not feasible, as there
will be a power shift from the North to the East in 2023.”
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