"It Is Either Igbo President 2019 or Biafra 2020" - Ohaneze youths
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has declared that the only solution to agitation for the State is to have a president of Igbo extraction in 2019 general election.
In a communiqué issued signed by the Secretary General of OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, and issued after a meeting in Enugu, the group said Ndigbo would no longer play second fiddle in Nigeria politics.
According to the Ohaneze, “it is Igbo president 2019 or Biafra 2020”. The group argued that the Igbos have been marginalized and denied the mantle of political power for years.
The communiqué stated in part, “Two days ago, the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo re-echoed the fact that Nigeria is in a marriage. He was quoted as saying that our nation has been in marriage for a while now. Sometimes, there are quarrels within that marriage. Sometimes there is disagreement. What is important is that you must remain together. You must remain united.
“It does appear from the above that Ndigbo have perpetually remained the sacrificial lamb to keep this forced marriage together. They have remained victims of an abusive marriage, often beaten, cheated by the husband”
“We have resolved today that this grave injustice cannot continue. It is Igbo presidency in 2019 with a Vice President from the North or nothing. “We are not ready any longer to be treated with levity and disdain in this country and for that we are calling on all Igbo sons and daughters both at home and in the Diaspora to key into this project”.
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