Former Lagos State governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been fingered by Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, as being behind the plot to remove Chief Ike Ekweremadu from his position as Deputy President of the Senate.
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation made this allegation in a statement issued in Umuahia, by its National President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, where it asked Tinubu and other “anti- Igbo forces in APC” to retrace their steps or face the wrath of Igbo youths.
Noting that the plot to remove Ekweremadu was an affront on the Igbo nation which would not be tolerated, the group said, “Being fully aware that the present plot is being orchestrated by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, we ask him to re-trace his steps forthwith or we shall declare him an enemy of Ndigbo.”
They called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on Tinubu and other anti-Ekweremadu forces in his party to avoid actions that might further overheat the polity.
Isiguzoro noted, “We are aware that Buhari is under intense pressure to endorse the ‘Ekweremadu must go plot.’ This is the time for the President to prove that he belongs to nobody, Tinubu inclusive, but that he belongs to everybody, Ndigbo inclusive.”
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