The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has denied threatening to work against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 presidential election.

The group was reacting to a press release reportedly made by an unnamed person, on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, which claimed the Igbos would rise against Mr Abubakar and reject the PDP in the South-east

The statement was said to have been made after Mr Abubakar defeated other aspirants, including those from the South-east, at the PDP primary on Saturday.

But in a statement by its spokesperson, Chiedozie Ogbonnia, Ohanaeze Ndigbo disowned the statement, describing those behind it as “mischief makers, impostors, charlatans and unscrupulous social climbers”.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo regretted that those who issued the “fake press release” have been leeching on their footprints to deceive the unsuspecting members of the public, noting that their activities have been the bane to Igbo cohesion.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, led by Ambassador Professor George Obiozor has not issued any press statement on the candidacy of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,” Mr Ogbonnia said.

“Ohanaeze awaits with keen interest, the full outcome of the ongoing primaries by all the political parties before it can issue a press release with respect to the Igbo position on the 2023 general election,” he added.

The Ohanaeze spokesperson asked the public to disregard any statement which did not come from the group’s Secretary General, Okey Emuchay.

There have been calls from South-east leaders that the region should be allowed in 2023 to produce a president for the first time.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has been at the forefront of the agitation for Nigerian president of South-east extraction.

The inability of an aspirant from the South-east to emerge presidential candidate of the PDP appeared to have infuriated some South-east residents.

StrongandMighty:
Afonja miscreants media were responsible for it!

yorubarere:
Of course Atiku is their lord and saviour. Na only mumu no know that one. All these noise about Obi pandora or nothing are just mere market noise. They will line up behind Fulani as slaves which they ironically call those in APC.

By the way, Atiku is 75. He is older than Tinubu but I don't see anyone asking him to go retire home. Oh! I forgot. 70 is old but 75 is a youth. Bunch of miscreants.

By the way, Obi no go see 20k votes from east. Na Atiku be the way

yorubarere:

Oya blame us again. Political illiterates. Atiku will lose again and "Biafla or nothing" we rent the air.

PaChukwudi44:

Atiku would lose against whom exactly? Tinubu? The same Tinubu who can't win election after Ondo State

yorubarere:
Of course Atiku is their lord and saviour. Na only mumu no know that one. All these noise about Obi pandora or nothing are just mere market noise. They will line up behind Fulani as slaves which they ironically call those in APC.

By the way, Atiku is 75. He is older than Tinubu but I don't see anyone asking him to go retire home. Oh! I forgot. 70 is old but 75 is a youth. Bunch of miscreants.


By the way, Obi no go see 20k votes from east. Na Atiku be the way

DeadorAlive:
Igbo Presidency or North till 2031.

Any full bloodied Igbo seen campaigning for any Yoruba man will be seen as against Igbo interest.

Bonesbreaker:
We will never vote for atiku SS SE