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Former Senate Minority Leader and Senator representing Abia South District, Enyinnaya Abaribe has said it’s unfair to single out the ambition of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and link it with his tribe as ‘Igbo Presidency’ while leaving out other presidential candidates.
He said those doing such are mischievous and on a smear campaign to de-market him.
Senator Abaribe who is seeking re-election on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, made this known during a virtual town hall meeting by Ikengaonline.
He wondered why Obi’s traducers are not also referring to Atiku Abubarkar of the Proples Democratic Party, PDP as ‘Fulani presidency’; and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress, APC, as ‘Yoruba presidency’.
The former Abia Deputy Governor, insisted that Obi should be seen as an individual pursuing his constitutionally-guaranteed rights without any links to his tribe and religion.
” It’s unfortunate that Peter Obi’s emergence which is now a silver lining has come with complications. Tinubu has a presidential ticket, nobody is saying it’s a Yoruba ticket.
” Atiku has a ticket, nobody is saying it’s a Fulani ticket. But Peter Obi got a ticket and everybody is shouting:’It’s Igbo presidency. Some even try to link him with the Biafra agitation.
” Have they tried to associate Tinubu with the Oduduwa self determination agitation? Or Atiku within the Fulani herdsmen menace or the banditary in the North”
The immediate past Minority Leader pondered on why some people have continued to live in fear and suspicion of the Igbo or impute unnecessary motives to genuine moves by Igbo sons and daughters.
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