Ndigbo not repentant about Opposition to Buhari
The Ohaneze Ndigbo group has said that it has no regrets for not giving its support to Gen Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential bid.
The national treasurer of the group, Chief Damian Ogene, said the reason for the opposition was Buhari’s negative antecedents to Ndigbo, saying the President-elect was unjust towards the Igbos during his earlier tenure as military Head of State.
He said: “We are ready to co-operate with him and to believe in his administration in the hope that he will, this time, address the injustices meted out to us since after the Nigerian civil war.”
He also implored Buhari to deal only with the core people in Igbo land, rather than with the money-bags that were out of touch with Igbo nation and the masses.
“These billionaires have been using their oil money to block government from reaching the people at the grassroots level. He should liaise with people-oriented organisations like Anambra Association of Town Unions, ASATU, rather than with intermediaries,” he said.