‘Igbo leaders supporting Atiku are sabotaging South East Presidency’

A Group, Presidential Support Committee, the umbrella body of several support groups working for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that Igbo leaders who endorsed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar are sabotaging the chances of the South East producing the President in 2023. Spokesman of the South East zonal caucus of the Presidential Support Committee, Chamberlin Adeasor said in Abuja on Sunday after its meeting that governors of the south east and some leaders of the zone are determined to subvert the aspiration of the Igbo nation. Chamberlin said as supporters of the President, they were determined to ensure that they secure bulk votes from the south east, adding that massive support by the area for the President is the only guarantee to an Igbo President in 2023. He said: “There was a time we had a press conference and said what our brother could not do for us in six years; Buhari has done under four years. Before Buhari came, one lane of the Enugu Port Harcourt road was almost covered with grasses. If you go there today, you will discover that the dual carriage way is being worked on. The one that shocked me is the Owerri Aba express road. “In terms of infrastructure, we are witnessing what he has done about the Igbo people. So, those who think that Buhari does not like the Igbo people are scared because these are the treasury looters. He is a man who has the love of the country at heart and that is why we are doing everything to make sure he is re-elected for a second term”. On whether he believe that leaders of the zone who endorsed the PDP candidate are trying to sabotage an Igbo presidency, he said “that is why I called them saboteurs because most of them have already taken side and I’m the one that manufactured the word saboteur. “The Igbos are trying to copy the South West who got the attention of Nigerians because they put their house in order when they voted for UPN wholly. Now that we are trying to move greatly into the APC, you can see governors who we call saboteurs, trying to team up to make sure that the dream of the Igboman in 2023 does not come to light. That is why I label them saboteurs. “The essence of this briefing is to let the entire PDP know that we are ready for the next general election. We want to put our house together so that those who are in doubt as to whether President Muhammadu Buhari is in the south East, would know that there is a committee that is active in the zone with a strong determination to make sure he is re-elected in 2019”, he said. Tom Okpe, Abuja