Leader of Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has blamed Igbo for not providing adequate monetary aid to Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying it will be a great disgrace if Obi suffers from a lack of funds.
The Afenifere leader said: “Unfortunately, the Igbo are not giving Obi monetary aid. I am questioning you openly. You have not been giving Obi monetary aid. Those of us supporting him are poor people.
“I know that you people are billionaires. This is the time to spend your money on a good cause. Obi must not suffer anything financially in this cause when he has you people.”
Adebanjo said the demise came at an improper time, as Obiozor was one of the few people who were in a war to save the country from decades of oppression.
Asserting that it is the turn of the Igbo to produce Nigeria’s next president, Adebanjo explained: “This is the situation under which we came together in 1960. It is the situation our leaders, like Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo, consented to before we became Nigeria.
“We were not colonized as Nigeria; we were colonized as Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Ijaw, and others. We decided that to live in stability, leadership must be held in cycle, and sovereignty for the regions. Therefore, there was a federal symbol in the Constitution.
“When we say it is the turn of the South East, that is their right. It’s their turn. It is fairness and equity. The presidency is not between Yoruba and Hausa, it is Nigerian. We have had our turn.”
The organiser of the event, Goddy Uwazurike, said Obiozor was deserving of the honor and respect. “He was a great man, an author, public officer, erudite scholar, and ambassador. We must remember him,” he said.
