Ignore APC, vote according to your discretion, Ohanaeze charges Igbo lawmakers
From Chinedu Nwafor, Abakaliki
The apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has charged Igbo Lawmakers in the 10th National Assembly to vote according to their discretions irrespective of state, religion or ethnicity, ahead of the election of the leadership of the National Assembly.
Ohanaeze who spoke though its President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, expressed disappointment over the zoning arrangement for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement made available to Journalists in Enugu on Friday by Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
stated that allocating the position of the Deputy Speaker to the South East was highly unreflective, disgusting and provocative to the Igbo.
“The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has watched with grave concern the zoning of principal officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We have also observed that the All Peoples Congress (APC) zoned the position of the Deputy Speaker to the South East of Nigeria.
“To this end, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide led by Chief Engr. Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, CFR (Ahaejiagamba) directs all the Igbo Lawmakers in the 10th National Assembly to vote according to their discretions irrespective of state, religion or ethnicity,” the statement noted.