Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised the Igbos to take their destiny in their hands if they want the Presidency of Nigeria.
However, they have to begin by being united in their support of the Atiku/ Obi ticket in the 2019 Presidential elections.
Obasanjo, spoke on Saturday at a stakeholders meeting at the residence of the First Republic Minister of Aviation, Mbazuluke Amichi, in Ukpor in the Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Cautioning the Igbo not to believe the promises of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2019 polls, and insisting the party has no plans to hand over the presidency of the country to the Igbo, the former president said: “I urge you the Igbos not to allow anybody to relegate you to the background because you occupy a place of pre-eminence in this country.
“The Igbo must bury their differences and work together for the actualisation of the Atiku/Obi project in their best interest. It’s dangerous to take the APC government seriously.”
Describing Peter Obi a bundle of integrity and a beacon of hope, who has what it takes to help in rebuilding the economy, Obasanjo admonished him to reach out to major stakeholders in South-East to raise support for the 2019 PDP presidential project.
“You and your presidential candidate have become the beacon of hope to all Nigerians who have had it so rough in the last four years.”
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“You need to think out of the box to take this country out of the woods caused by the incumbent clueless administrators,” he said.
Obasanjo expressed the hope that given Obi’s pedigree as a governor, things would work again in Nigeria under his leadership as vice president.
Welcoming the guests to his home, the host Chief Mbazuluke Amichi, described Obi as good man, stressing that the Atiku/Obi ticket was what the country needed at a time like this.
Present at the meeting were Peter Obi, former Minister of Health, ABC Nwosu; former Minister of Power, Barth Nnaji; former Imo governor, Ikedi Ohakim; Chief Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman/CEO Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company and member of National Assembly, Chris Azubogu, among others.
