A faction of apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has endorsed Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State for seat of Senate President in the coming 10th National Assembly.
In a statement, yesterday, in Abakaliki, the Secretary General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, pleaded with Senators Orji Kalu and Osita Izunaso and others jostling for the office to step down for Umahi, insisting, “he is the best candidate for the position.”
The group observed that since it is becoming clearer that the post would be zoned to South East, “it will be preferable that we beg Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Senator Osita Izunaso to drop their ambitions and rally support for Governor David Umahi as actions are on top gear to bring other senators from other zones, especially the North to support him for national peace and unity.”
It maintained that the choice of Umahi was based on his unassumingly disposition and track record of accomplishments, adding that his emergency would not only assist the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership and President-elect Bola Tinubu to contain activities of Biafra agitators and other secessionist commanders, but also make Obedient core supporters have a rethink.
The statement reads: “Now that Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has assessed the possibilities of a South-easterner to emerge as President of the Senate in the 10th Assembly, we have resolved that there should be collaborative measures to ensure that the Southeast gets the position.
“Ndigbo will continue to prevail upon our distinguished senators to put forward our collective survival as a nation and other national considerations above all personal or primordial presumptions and allow the right things to be carried out so that there will be healing in the land.
“Ndigbo unanimously urges other contestants from the Southeast and other geopolitical zones to allow the political leader of the Southeast and Chairman of Southeast Governors Forum, Dave Umahi, to enjoy all privileges of amending the Senate Standing Rules and Doctrine of Necessity for him to emerge as President of the Senate.”
