A support group for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, Buhari-Osinbajo Mandate Group, asked the Igbo to vote massively for Buhari in next month’s presidential elections, or regret if they don’t.
The Zonal Coordinator of the group, Lawrence Ezenyi gave the advice in Nnewi on Saturday. He explained that the zone needs to align with the government in power to enjoy the dividends of democracy to the maximum.
Ezenyi stressed that Buhari has integrity, and it is erroneous to assume he has hatred for the Igbos.
He added that the president’s achievement in his first tenure is enough to earn the zone’s support.
“Nobody is saying that Buhari is a saint. But when you look around, you will find out that he is one of the most honest Nigerians in living memory,” he said.
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“He is not eager to amass wealth even though he has been in different positions that gave him the opportunity to do so.”
He also said the “majority of votes that made former President Goodluck Jonathan under my the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to win the presidential election in 2011 came from the South East geopolitical zone but “nothing was shown for it for sixteen years thereafter.
“When Buhari vied for presidency for the fourth time and picked Yemi Osinbajo from the South West as Vice President, the Igbo did not give him up to five percent votes. So who hates who?”
Ezenyi lamented that most of Buhari’s critics are from the zone, urging the Igbos to ensure the president wins the re-elections “to avoid being at the losing end.”
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