National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Uche Achi-Okpaga, has said that the apex Igbo organisation has no regret on its stand against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking on the president’s victory at the just concluded presidential poll, Achi-Okpaga, told VINCET KALU, that the organisation doesn’t owe anybody apology over its position, and that if another opportunity comes, it will still do the same as the president doesn’t place premium on the Igbo.

Is Ohanaeze disappointed over the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in last Saturday’s poll?

I want to come form a different angle. We have done what we needed to do as Nigerians; the rest is left for God and humanity.The election has come and gone, and what follows are the intricacies of the politicians. It is left for them to accept or reject the outcome of the election as usual. In 2015, former President Goodluck Jonathan congratulated the winner, Buhari, but this time around, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has already rejected the result, and that one is no longer the business of Ohanaeze.

Our business was to take a stand and galvanise our people on the way to follow, and we have done that, and we exercised our mandate. So, it is left for the politicians and Nigerians to do their business.

Is Ohanaeze satisfied with the votes the Igbo gave the Atiku-Obi ticket?

In politics, everybody cannot be on the same line, otherwise it won’t be politics; there will always be divergent views and majority will always carry the day. That was what transpired in the South East, where the voting was very transparent, but elsewhere particularly in the North, you cannot say the same.

We never expected 100 per cent of Ndigbo would follow our directives on where to vote. Even in a family, the husband may disagree with the wife, and the children with their parents; it is a natural thing, but the important thing is that in all the South East states, our views were adhered to and people followed us as reflected in the votes.

We have our people who are in government as ministers, we have governors who were not in agreement with us and we have others who would want to do what they could in order to retain their positions and would want to dissent from our understanding. These people have followers who would go according to their instructions. The overall aggregation of votes tells you that the Igbo heard us and identified with us.

How will you relate with Buhari in the next four years when you openly worked against his re-election?

We don’t have any regrets whatsoever and we don’t owe anybody any apology. If we have another opportunity as Ohanaeze, we will still do what we have done. This government doesn’t place any premium on Ndigbo, so we did what we have to and dammed the consequences; we are sure that even if Buhari rules for eight years, he has no place for us, so why are we deceiving ourselves.

He is a very practical person, he doesn’t have pretenses, and there is no choreography in his action. He has told you that he has no place for the people that gave him five per cent votes, and it has continued to be so in his appointments, in his statements, in his actions and his body language. Do you want the man to kill himself before you know what he has in mind or does he have to use razor blade to open his heart for you to see it? He has continued to show it at any given time, and at any slightest opportunity he will display his action and what he has in mind. So what else do we do?

We are not regretting the action we have taken and if you start it afresh tomorrow, we will do the same; we are not regretting it.

But this time around, there is no question of five per cent, as he scored 25 per cent or more in some South East states, don’t you think that he will give the Igbo a better treatment?

We don’t give a damn. With the man we already knew, there is no shaking. I just pity Igbo who think that the man will turn back and look at them. It is not possible to learn how to use the left hand at old age.

Did the coming together of Ohanaeze, Afenifere, PANDEF and Middle Belt Forum based on restructuring and support for Atiku yield dividends?

Yes, as reflected in the voting pattern.

You don’t need to be told, Nigerians are down and dejected; they have been pushed to the wall.

We started this issue of restructuring in Ohanaeze as a way out of the myriad of problems facing the country. Nigerians are downtrodden.

We own this country together and we are beginning to see Nigeria as George Orwell’s Animal Farm, where some animals have become more superior to others.

If we carryout the restructuring we are clamouring for, the North will have an advantage more than the South because of their vast land mass and their agricultural inclination. Unfortunately, they refuse to see that when you restructure, it is to their own advantage.

If we don’t restructure the country, it will continue to be like a stationery machine – all motion and no movement. It is power all the time; who has the power, who doesn’t have the power and who wants to take the power, while the economy is nosediving on daily basis.

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I am feeling you guys , always determined and resolute.

No fear or Favour in taking decisions

Okay ...

Ibo people were tightening themselves up..A sense of guilt is haunting them one by one..what a shame

Did anyone ask you guys? Your sons and daughters are acting in ways that could precipitate very negative consequences, and rather than call them to order, you are busy securing your ego.

Did anyone ask you guys to regret working against him?

It is such a shame seeing how elders have chosen to remain aloof in the midst of such glaring display of waywardness by their kith and kin.

You people should be deeply worried that most other Nigerians are now coming to identify your tribe with the word HATE. That is truly troubling. You should act now before it becomes too late.

Confused people.

I have said it before the election and i will say it anytime again and again, Buhari does not need the Igbos to be president. Igbos can hate as much as they want Buhari is ruling this country for another four years, if they like they can all pack and go to Cameron for Atiku to rule them there.

Ohane ego

That's the spirit,if the election will come again....we will still vote Atiku.Thats our resolution,we stand with Ohaneze on this.Thanks

They will soon be demanding that their sons show be Chief of army staff, Chief of naval staff, Chief of air staff, DSS DG, customs comptroller, CBN governor etc
Fulis set of people

Foolish set of ignoramus, always throwing their tribe under the trailer so as to get an opportunity to chest beat. We are waiting for your cries and wailing for the next 12years (oh yes, 12. Nigeria does not need a totally bigoted set of humans in charge) we are on to the next level, u may resume your mass jogging and biafla or death chants, its music to us now

That's the Igbo spirit.

We give or make no apologies... If a slay queen had contested with the idioot, make no mistake we would go with the later.

Smithkafors:
That's the spirit,if the election will come again....we will still vote Atiku.Thats our resolution,we stand with Ohaneze on this.Thanks

And Buhari will still beat all of you again

We don't need their opinion. Nnamdi Kanu is better than the whole of Ohanaeze

Smithkafors:
That's the spirit,if the election will come again....we will still vote Atiku.Thats our resolution,we stand with Ohaneze on this.Thanks

Igbo with wahala

Apex Igbo Organization?
I laugh.
Blind ignorance doth mislead thee.
An apex organization that doesn't even hold sway over all her people..what then makes it 'apex'?
Journalists should spend more time studying igbo political culture to understand that all man is a king unto himself.
Even IPOB that has far more grassroot political influence than Ohaneze still can't make all Igbos do their bidding.
The Ohaneze understood their mistake when they allegedly endorsed Buhari earlier and got severe backlash from Igbos. So, they simply did the wish of the people; became Atikulated.

No regrets, it's our determination
And we thank God we deliver
Ohaneze Ndigbo

MagGuy:
That's the Igbo spirit.

We give or make no apologies... If a slay queen had contested with the idioot, make no mistake we would go with the later.

Lol. The spirit that will tomorrow begging for political appointment later in the year

This is not an Igbo affairs, it is left for buhari to prove Igbo's wrong.

Kanu had done the work. No one needed una votes

I'm very sure he regrets it... But what do i know..

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Exactly

So you people don't come asking for shit .

The SW has passed the baton of Opposition to the SE and SS

They Made Their Choice, i don't see Any Reason They Should Regret. If BUBU is wise enough he should welcome them back as 1 nation

They say Igbos are not united but we have supported (always take a firm stand) PDP since. 1999.

Though, traditionally, the SE does not partake much in voting but those that do, take a consistent stand.

Corrinthians:
Did anyone ask you guys? Your sons and daughters are acting in ways that could precipitate very negative consequences, and rather than call them to order, you are busy securing your ego.

Did anyone ask you guys to regret working against him?

It is such a shame seeing how elders have chosen to remain aloof in the midst of such glaring display of waywardness by their kith and kin.

You people should be deeply worried that most other Nigerians are now coming to identify your tribe with the word [b]HATE. That is truly troubling. You should act now before it becomes too late.[/b]

You all should screw yourselves. No F given. Anyi adi asi ndo.