By Iffy.
Recently Ihedioha had in a viral video while addressing his Mbaise kinsmen during their New Yam festival in Ghana, allegedly said;
“Any Igbo who votes for Obi or against Atiku Abubakar of the PDP is a saboteur”.
He further implied that only PDP and APC are the serious political parties in Nigeria, and that only the emergence of Atiku as Nigeria’s President in 2023 would pave way for the actualisation of President of Igbo extraction thereafter.
However, the former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, has since denied making such remarks, claiming that he was quoted out of context, but Obi’s supporters, holding him in contempt, dismissed the denial as an afterthought and cosmetic, insisting that the former Governor’s remark was “a general insult to Ndigbo and millions of Nigerian youths who believe in Obi”.
The coalition which gathered opposite Umuahia North Local Government headquarters brandished placards with various inscriptions such as:
”Ihedioha must atone for his sins”; ” we are disappointed in Ihedioha”; ” Ihedioha is the real saboteur”; among others.
Speaking during the protest, Abia State Coordinator of CPO, Madam Matilda Anyamele, said that Ihedioha had lost the goodwill of Nigerian youths who had all along thought he was for the masses.
She held that the anti-Obi comment had revealed his true identify as self-centred politician who could easily sacrifice the interest of his people for a pot of porridge.
“His comments are products of selfishness; sabotage of his own people; and a confirmation of his love for stomach infrastructure”, she said.
The coalition declared that the swelling nation-wide support for Obi was based on his antecedents and vowed to mobilise voters for him in 2023.
