{"id":78886,"date":"2022-12-29T10:35:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T09:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-atikus-stepping-stone-comment-insult-on-ndigbo-labour-party"},"modified":"2022-12-29T12:02:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T11:02:39","slug":"2023-atikus-stepping-stone-comment-insult-on-ndigbo-labour-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2023-atikus-stepping-stone-comment-insult-on-ndigbo-labour-party","title":{"rendered":"2023: Atiku\u2019s \u2018stepping stone\u2019 comment insult on Ndigbo \u2013 Labour Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Labour Party has condemned the statement credited to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that he is a stepping stone to Igbo presidency.<\/p>\n

Atiku said this in Anambra State during the presidential campaign rally of the party, during which he urged Ndigbo to vote for him as a way of realizing the Igbo presidency quest upon the completion of his tenure.<\/p>\n

However, in a statement made available on Thursday by Chief Innocent Okeke, the National Vice Chairman (South East) of the Labour Party, he described Atiku\u2019s statement as insensitive.<\/p>\n

Okeke said, \u201cat a time the country is on the brink of division, occasioned by nepotism and dominance of a particular region in the governance and the yearning for unity and equity is on the front burner, is when Atiku chose to insult Ndigbo right at their home front.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsking Ndigbo to vote for an extension of Northern-Fulani-Muslim-ticket when the Igbo are yet to test the presidency since 1999 whereas the North have been in charge for ten years is mockery of the highest degree. The kleptocrats at their own game, always want to deceive their perceived targets with rhetorics laden with tricks.<\/p>\n

\u201cAtiku is employing the old and outdated political tricks on Ndigbo. It won\u2019t work this time round. The people are awake and tired of playing second fiddle in a country where they are a major stakeholder. With Buhari from the North completing eight years in Aso Rock next year, Atiku wouldn\u2019t have contested for the president let alone asking votes from the South and Ndigbo particularly.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that if Atiku believed he was the stepping stone for Ndigbo to take their rightful place, he should not have been in the presidential race.<\/p>\n

\u201cFunnily enough, Atiku is among those that designed the agreement of rotation in 1999, and has witnessed it go round and now the undisputable right of Ndigbo, why does he want to change the goalpost in the middle of a match? This is unacceptable.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne would recall that in respect to the principle of rotation and zoning arrangement which have been instituted, no southerner and no Igbo man opposed Atiku and Buhari both of whom are from the north. It was a battle between a Northerner and another as the South patriotically watched from the sideline.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow it is the turn of the south and the Southeast precisely, why is Atiku contesting and at the same time coming to the East with intention to insult and mock them?<\/p>\n

\u201cNdigbo has contributed and still contributing to the present unity and success of Nigeria and doing everything possible to keep a united Nigeria. Agitations are up because of Nigeria\u2019s reluctance to embrace equity. Any semblance of unity that exists is driven by Ndigbo, the only tribe that goes everywhere and builds homes. Therefore, it is insulting to tell such a people that you are their stepping stone to the presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cIgbo want to be president because they want to fix the Nigeria that has been damaged for over the years. They have presented one of their best whose positive record as a governor is overwhelming.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we look forward to a new Nigeria emerging from reality and faith, no one should take these elements that have been architects of Nigeria\u2019s problems seriously.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can not go to Kaduna and reveal that an average northerner will not vote a president from South, and repeat that average northerner will not like to vote Igbo or Yoruba, only to come to Awka and say you are a stepping stone. Who do you want to deceive?<\/p>\n

\u201cAtiku should be advised to withdraw from the presidential race, work on himself and purge away the old conspiracies that he and his cohorts have been using to teach their younger ones hate and disunity. This is the only practical way to be a unifier,\u201d the LP chieftain added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Labour Party has condemned the statement credited to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that he is a stepping stone to Igbo presidency. 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