- The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has lambasted Rotimi Amaechi over a statement credited to him, telling Igbos to forget their 2023 presidential ambition
- The council said it was an insult of the highest order for Amaechi to arrogate to himself, powers he does not have
- The OYC insisted that Amaechi does not hold the key to the political future of Ndigbo; pointing out that the destiny of Igbos is in the hands of God
The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has lambasted the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for a statement credited to him, telling Igbos to forget their 2023 presidential ambition.
In a statement by released by its secretary-general, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the OYC said Amaechi does not hold the key to the political future of Ndigbo, and the minister should not to arrogate to himself, the power to select who becomes president, Vanguard reports.
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Legit.ng gathers that the OYC pointed out that Amaechi’s position was based on his reasoning that Igbo’s should forget about the 2023 presidency because they did not support the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2019 elections.
Nnabuike said: “Amaechi had come out to dance naked in the public place. It was an insult of the highest order for Amaechi to arrogate to himself the powers he does not have.
“This is one of the most awkward and disappointing statements we have heard in recent times. However, it is partly good so that we see those who do not mean well for this country; those who do not cherish a united Nigeria built on equity.
“It is most unfortunate that Amaechi, from the south-south zone, which had the total support of the south-east when Goodluck Jonathan was in power, should come out to disparage our people.
“Amaechi’s position is nothing else but a dance of shame in the public place. This is a man who had before the election declared that for equity sake, the south-east will produce the president in 2023.
“Amaechi has now sacrificed equity; he is now the chief promoter of nepotism and injustice.”
Nnabuike, however, insisted that Amaechi does not hold the key to the political future of Ndigbo.
He added: “He also cannot dictate to us or railroad us into making any particular political choice. Our own destiny is in our hands and that of God.
“However, we want to make it clear to him that his presidential ambition is also dead on arrival. Having shown Nigerians that he is a scale-out, one whose words cannot be trusted, there is no headway for him.
“This 360 degrees turn is nothing but one borne out of his inordinate ambition to become APC presidential candidate in 2023.”
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Recall that Legit.ng previously reported that the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said Igbos have nothing to use as bargain for a shot at the presidency in the next general elections in 2023.
According to Amaechi, it was a grave error for the south-east region to have voted against his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress.
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