Obasanjo ‘Weeps’ as South-East Endorses Sick Buhari on London Hospital Bed For 2019
Prominent Leaders of Ndi-Igbo, on Saturday, expressly jettisoned the counsel of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, by endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari, for a second term in office, come 2019.
The decision came on the heels of Obasanjo’s recent clamour for an Igbo Presidency, in 2019.
At the well-attended meeting at Owerri, the Imo State Capital, a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, emerged as the leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-East.
Speaking after a closed door meeting, the host Governor, Rochas Okorocha, said: “Now that Igbo leaders are together in APC, Nigerians will hear us.
“There is a vacuum of leadership in the South-East APC. I am a Governor. My brothers Chris Ngige and Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu are Ministers.
“Hence the importance of Ken Nnamani, coming at this time I declined leadership of Ndi-Igbo in APC.
“With Ken Nnamani, the question of who is the leader of APC in the South-East has been answered. Ken Nnamani is the leader of APC in the South-East.”
He went on: “Senator Nnamani should then work with other leaders like Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Jim Nwobodo, and a host of others, to give Ndi-Igbo political direction.
“Those who have joined the party, or who want to join, should do so to build the party and not to cause confusion. APC is the right party for the Igbo, and the only party that can guarantee an Igbo Presidency”.
He further stated: “We are going to support President Muhammadu Buhari, for the eight years he is going to lead the nation.
“This is the time for Ndi-Igbo to come and work together. We are also going to use the Anambra election, to show that APC has arrived the South-East
