The Presidential Candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, is set to hold a Zonal rally in Anambra State, this week.
A source revealed that the rally is being planned to send the signal that the zone is not against the Atiku Abubakar/Peter Obi ticket.
It was gathered that the Zonal rally would involve all Igbo groups, organisations and associations in Igboland.
The source said: “I think it is time for them (Governors) to stand firm in the entire arrangement. One thing you must know, is that what we are going into next year has received Igbo endorsement, and anybody playing politics with it is playing with the future of Ndigbo. An opposition to the Atiku/Obi mandate, is an opposition to Igbo agenda. That is the situation.”
The source revealed that the feelers from last week’s meeting and the planned Zonal rally be anything to go by, it would mean putting to rest to the hope of President Buhari making an inroad in the zone during the elections.
Founder and Leader of Living Christ Mission Worldwide, His Grace, Most Rev. Daddy Victor Hezekiah, who had cautioned the Ndigbo to be careful over what he described as “fake promises” in the coming elections, asked them to vote according to their conscience. He had however, insisted that nothing had happened in the last few years, to change the ugly position the Ndigbo had been placed in the scheme of things in the country
Daddy Hezekiah said: “It was not enough to promise Igbo Presidency in 2023. We should be asking ourselves what they have done with the mandate they received from the people. What have they done for the South-East zone? How far have they addressed those issues that have put Igbos down? In terms of appointments, what did we get and why have they acted and still acting as if we are not part of Nigeria? So, I want our people to pray and seek God’s guidance. But the truth is that I supported President Buhari, but he has disappointed me.”
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