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Apologise Over Your ‘Divisive’ Comment, Ohanaeze Warns Atiku

Ohanaeze has warned Atiku to apologise over his ‘divisive’ comment.

 

Glamtush reports that the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has demanded that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, should retract his statement on ‘divisive’ politics made in Kaduna on Saturday and apologise to the Igbo extraction and Southern region in entirety.

This online platform gathered that the apex Igbo group lamented that Atiku’s remark on the need for northerners to vote only a candidate from the northern region over other tribes’ candidates, is poignant and provocative.

The spokesperson for the group, Alex Ogbonna, expressed disappointment in the speech saying, “It contradicts Atiku’s claims to being a cosmopolitan and detribalised Nigerian.

“That was a very provocative remark coming from a former vice president of Nigeria. His remark perhaps brings out his mindset about the country.

“It’s a Freudian slip. Something that slips from somebody’s mouth unintentionally, which reveals the person’s deep feelings about something.

“It is on record that the Igbo and the South voted for Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. They voted for Shehu Shagari, Umaru Yar’ Adua and Muhammadu Buhari. So, why can’t there be reciprocity?

“He should have gone ahead with his campaigns without creating unnecessary ethnic tensions.

“That remark is abysmally low. It’s an ill-advised remark. It’s not good for the former vice president. He should find a way to withdraw that remark,” Ogbonna added.

He further said, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide is disappointed by that remark by Atiku. This is because Ndigbo had voted for Shagari, Yar’Adua, Buhari and even supported all the military rulers from the North.

“So, Ohanaeze is calling on the former vice president to apologise to Nigerians and southerners in particular on that unfortunate remark. It is a divisive one.”

GLAMTUSH

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