The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described Atiku Abubakar’s meeting with Igbo leaders from the southeast region as proof that he has ‘lost any sense of shame’ alongside his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Atiku, a former vice president, met with Igbo leaders in Enugu State on Wednesday, November 14, as part of his campaign as the PDP’s presidential candidate for the 2019 presidential election.
During the meeting, Atiku expressed his displeasure with the state of infrastructure in the southeast region and promised that restructuring would solve many of the regions complaints about marginalisation.
“My commitment is to fix this country. I think of the future this country will have, if I do not struggle to fix it,” he said.
Before the meeting took place, elders, traditional and religious leaders of the region had engaged in a nonpartisan meeting tagged ‘Ndigbo 2019 and Beyond Summit’ and announced an endorsement of Atiku’s candidacy whose running mate is former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, who’s from the region.
According to a communiqué read by a lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba, the summit concluded that an Atiku/Obi ticket puts “Ndigbo back in the center of governance”.
“We identify with the Atiku/Peter Obi ticket on the restructuring agenda as has been reiterated by four zones of the country namely: South South, South West, North Central and South East.
“We believe that as long as the federating units remain weak the center will continue to be weak. We equally move to appreciate the position of the Atiku/Obi ticket in promoting national unity.
“In conclusion, the Summit reiterated that the time is now for Ndigbo to mobilize and organize effectively to realize the Atiku/Obi ticket.
“We are not campaigning against anybody, we are simply campaigning for our very survival. Igbo votes must count wherever Ndigbo live in Nigeria,” the communiqué read.
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