The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has claimed that 18 state governors across party lines are working behind the scene for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 elections, Peter Obi.
The claim was contained in a statement by the group’s Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Wednesday.
While he did not name the governors involved, Isiguzoro said in the statement: “As we speak, about 18 governors from the North and South, cutting across party lines, are behind the scenes putting up structures for Obi to be the winner of the 2023 presidential election. In addition, some former Presidents and elder statesmen are in support of Obi’s candidature.
“They are all convinced that Obi has something different from all the other candidates.
“We are glad that for the first time in the recent past, Nigerians are united in the dethronement of misgovernance in Aso Rock. They are determined to make a political change through the ballot box with a third force presidency.
“This is the first time we are seeing such a strong political movement in Nigeria that is not sponsored by politicians, rather the masses own the project.
“You have seen the mass movement across the country and beyond; you have seen even children, persons with special needs, the aged; everyone is part of this movement.”
Isiguzoro said following this development, fear has already gripped the leadership and membership of the All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party and other political parties ahead of the polls.
He said: “This is a movement to take back Nigeria from the days of locusts, greedy and selfish politicians and to rescue the country from adversity, economic slump, insecurity and corruption.
“Nigerians have demonstrated readiness to take back their country through the ballot box and it behoves the Independent National Electoral Commission to make the votes count.”
