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awa:
Sense of guilt over what? Ibos are Ibos and most realistic set of people that understand this contraction called Nigeria. No tribe can survive in Nigeria like the Ibos. I give it up to them. They speak their minds and move on

MyGeneration:
This clap back by ohaneze wasn't necessary at all it would only strain our relationship with the north.

LUGBE:
I am feeling you guys , always determined and resolute.

No fear or Favour in taking decisions

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 HATE. That is truly troubling. You should act now before it becomes too late.

oyebanji44:
Ibo people were tightening themselves up..A sense of guilt is haunting them one by one..what a shame

akelicious:
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.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/03/presidential-poll-no-regret-working.html

ledaman:
I stand to be corrected but from the concluded Presidential election it would be extremely difficult for South East to govern Nigeria if their thinking, strategy and polity does not change!

gidgiddy:
And who told you that the main focus of the South East is to govern Nigeria?

nameo:
Good...very good.

I as a person am very very proud of my role in not only rejecting Buhari but getting some other persons to do so. This is one of the best things I have ever done. It still feels so good cos it is very right.

Against Buhari and what he represents, I will do it again in a heart beat

Lordave:
The Atiku they voted for, is he your tribesman?

Most of you are unbelievably dumb.

oyebanji44:
Ibo people were tightening themselves up..A sense of guilt is haunting them one by one..what a shame

kasheemawo:
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

OkaNaUbe:
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.

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.

oyebanji44:
Ibo people were tightening themselves up..A sense of guilt is haunting them one by one..what a shame

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.

SaintLucia:
The Federal government must make "Political Science and Government" compulsory only for the Igbos. Honestly this people doesn't know how to play politics, they always play politics of bitterness and hatred towards other tribes. They will remain like this till the world comes to an end.

ud4u:
Ibos can never compromise their stand or be pushed about like other tribes. Their actions are always clear, it is without fear or favour no matter the situation.

SuperIgbo1:
You're a moronic person.

Igbos don't know how to play politics yet, an Igbo man was president and another a Senate president in 1960. Just barely 9 years after fighting a war, another Igbo man became vice president.

Wthin all those year, nobody heard a yoruba voice in national politics. Now you want to tell us how you play good politics just cos Osibande is a mere commissioner.

focus7:
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.

KingOfThisnDat:
Your tribe has always Supported a party of criminals? A party that was solely formed to fleece Nigeria?

We have heard.

Nyamuriflathead:
Mr human development index paremeter. Accost Donald Trump and enlighten him about your index capital level in biafraland when next he assumes Africa a shithole continent.
Empty chestbeaters.

The southeast is a paradise yet u have the highest number of externally displaced people outside southeast struggling to earn a descent living.

JuanDeDios:
I'd vote against Buhari too since he would not represent my interest. Hell, I can't imagine voting for Buhari as a Nigerian from anywhere - there's far too much wrong with the man.

But the Ohaneze statement here is plain dumb. This is politics, not a chest-beating contest. Ohaneze is a group and groups build bridges, not burn them. The Ohaneze statement would only make sense if they won't turn around tomorrow and ask Buhari to say "Here's your Chief of Army Staff" or the APC to say "Here's your presidential slot." Ohaneze should stop throwing their people under the bus.

ceejee:
u talk too much, always in a hurry to comment on Igbo related topic but at every point you proved urself to be a cretin. I are an empty vessel.u make the loudest noice. if u don't leave ignore matter, it will choke u to death. Get it into that ur coconut head, Igbos have no regret voting against buhari and if another opportunity comes we will do d same. even if buhari rules for a million times, there will be no almajiri in the east. ur people will be worse off at the end of it. we have been surviving without govt and we will continue to do so. No matter how hungry an elephant is, it can never be as small as a goat.