Why South-East won’t support Tinubu in 2027 – Njiko Igbo Forum

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An offshoot of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Njiko Igbo Forum, NIF, has warned that the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu by Governor Charles Soludo will amount to nothing.

It could be recalled that Soludo, during the President’s recent visit to Anambra State, indicated that his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, will back the president for a second term.

However, Njiko Igbo Forum President Rev. Dr. Okechukwu Christopher Obioha told reporters in a statement released on Wednesday that no amount of Soludo’s alleged adoption of Tinubu for 2027 will win over Igbo voters to Tinubu.

Obioha stated that “the Igbo and particularly the South-East electorates will give Tinubu 5%votes in 2027, an increase from the 3%votes he had in the 2023 elections.”

Additionally, he stated that the Njiko Igbo Forum (NIF), a significant Igbo advocacy group, supported the current, widespread requests for electoral changes, which primarily involve the mandatory electronic and real-time transmission of election results, especially the presidential one.

On support for Tinubu’s re-election, he said, “There is no amount of promises made by Tinubu to any Governor or the good people of the South-East on Infrastructure development, that will sway the Igbo votes in his favour.

“We were promised of some of these strategic infrastructures like railways and train services by the Buhari/Tinubu campaigns in 2022, but till date, Railways lines are not functioning but more dilapidated and moribond than ever.

“Unfortunately, train services are perfectly and automated working in other parts of the country than the SouthEast (Igbo) geographical zone.

“The nepotistic attitude and character of Tinubu in appointing a section of this country(Yoruba), to very important strategic positions and undermining the Federal Character principles, speaks volumes of what will happen if he returns for any second tenure.

“We urge every Igbo all over the country, not to listen to the political rhetoric and false representations in the name of campaigns to return Tinubu in 2027.”

Obioha then declared that presently Peter Obi “is the only credible and nationally acceptable candidate for 2027 Presidential candidate from the South-East.”

“2023, for equity, justice and fairness was for the South-East, but the inordinate ambitious grabbed it and have been struggling to run with the grabbed mandate without success.

“Njiko Igbo Forum (NIF), strongly advocates that since 2027 is the last four years of the eight years for the South of Nigeria, it should be for the South-East, not for any other zone and Tinubu in particular.

“Let all hands be on deck to save the sinking ship (Nigeria), by giving the South-East a chance to produce the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2027. This will be one Nigeria indeed,” he stressed.

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