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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has waded into the attacks connected the House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu implicit his declaration that the All Progressives Congress, APC, volition instrumentality implicit Abia State successful 2027.
It could beryllium recalled that Kalu, portion appearing connected a media show, had declared that arsenic fig 6 national of the country, his authorities won’t stay successful opposition.
His code has attracted chaotic condemnation, particularly from members of the Labour Party, Governor Alex Otti’s governmental platform.
However, successful a connection made disposable to journalists connected Thursday, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said the onslaught connected Kalu was needless.
He was of the sentiment that the governmental connection arsenic made by Kalu did not successful immoderate mode demean the bureau of the governor.
According to him, “we are constrained to respond to the unfortunate comments that person trailed the connection made by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kanu, successful which helium courted the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti to articulation his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“We person taken our clip to digest the remarks made by Hon. Kalu and did not find immoderate disparaging remarks against the idiosyncratic and bureau of the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti.
“All helium did was woo the politician into the APC, a enactment Otti formerly belonged to earlier his defection to the Labour Party.
“We find thing incorrect successful Kalu courting his erstwhile APC subordinate and asking him to rejoin the enactment to alteration Abia to beryllium portion of the ruling enactment successful the centre. What helium said is not successful immoderate mode antithetic from what immoderate different precocious ranking members of the ruling enactment volition say.
“He said rather intelligibly successful his remarks that Governor Otti is his person and that they talk astir connected a regular basis. So wherefore the overmuch ado astir nothing? Why the fuss implicit a harmless portion of proposal from Kalu to his friend, Otti?
“Is Gov Otti the archetypal and the lone politician helium has invited to APC?
“Throughout the 2nd word of Gov Ikpeazu of Abia State who was nether the PDP, Hon Ben connected his play Benkalu Mandate vigor programme openly invited the past politician to articulation APC.
“In return, the past Gov Ikpeazu invited him backmost to the PDP helium started with, without immoderate 1 resorting to this state-sponsored media warfare implicit a elemental invitation.
“It is near for Otti to either heed his proposal and articulation APC oregon to stay successful Labour Party, and question a renewal of his mandate successful 2027.”
Okwu restated his telephone connected Ndigbo to respect enactment and detach from the age-long content that Ndigbo person nary king.
“A antheral moving for the bid successful the southbound East should beryllium honoured not maligned; a antheral who fought for america to get the South East Development Commission to fulfil the 3 Rs committedness of implicit 54 years should beryllium valued.
“He wants the champion for the southbound East and if successful his governmental doctrine helium believes that it is champion for each the large stakeholders successful the portion to travel unneurotic nether a level for our good, it is wrong his rights to advocator and lobby for it.
“As it stands today, Rt Hon. Benjamin Kanu is the highest ranking Igbo property successful the national authorities of Nigeria and has earned each our respects and we volition bash immoderate happening to sphere him with each magnitude of dignity and honour. Any onslaught connected him is an unfastened onslaught to the youths of Igbo onshore and we volition respond accordingly. Enough is enough, we are pleased with his work.
“Accordingly, we impulse Ndigbo to accord him the respect helium genuinely deserves. We shall not fold our hands and ticker anyone insult him for nary conscionable cause,” Okwu warned.
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