{"id":64197,"date":"2018-10-22T17:32:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64197"},"modified":"2018-10-22T17:33:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T16:33:01","slug":"ndi-igbo-mustsupport-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/ndi-igbo-mustsupport-peter-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ndi Igbo mustsupport Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">By TochukwuEzukanma<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It is most exhilarating that as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">primariesended, the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, chose<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Peter Obi as hisrunning mate. That choice has been characterized as a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">masterstroke by somepolitical pundits because Peter Obi brings so much on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">board. He has alreadydistinguished himself as a leader. In addition, his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">success in business, demonstratedadministrative prowess and understanding<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of the economy compliments andsupplements Atiku\u2019s abilities and skills. He<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">is an outstanding vicepresidential material. Secondly, the choice of Peter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Obi as the PDP vice presidential candidate ispolitically most advantageous<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to the Igbo. It makes possible the elevation of anIgbo to an office no<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Igbo has held since 1983, and increases the chances of anIgbo presidency<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">in 2027. The Igbo cannot let this opportunity slip throughtheir hands. A<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">number of Igbo politicians have raised objection to Atiku\u2019schoice of Obi<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">as his running mates. These individuals are entitled to theiropinions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">However, as the Igbo as a people have resolved to support Peter Obi,every<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Igbo must support him. Those that refuse to do so must be severely<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">punished.While I believe in individual freedom of thought andexpression, I<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">am also conscious that, for the public good, there is sometimes theneed to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">rigorously subordinate the individual to the group. It is a consensusthat<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">strikes the delicate balance between individual freedom of choice,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">thoughtand expression, on the one hand, and the public good, on the other<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">hand. It isimportant to note that consensus is not \u201cspeaking with one<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">voice\u201d. Unlikespeaking with one voice, consensus allows for diversity of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">opinions and ideas. Itprovides an overarching ideological\/political<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">stance. It gives a people aunified sense of purpose, thus, nudging<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">individuals with different political persuasions- liberals and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">conservatives, conformists and nonconformists, unionists andseparatists,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">etc &#8211; towards a common political goal. The common political goalof Ndi<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Igbo in the 2019 presidential election is the election of the Atiku\/Obi<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">presidentialticket.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">While there are different political perspectives and persuasions among the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Hausa\/Fulani,they have a consensus, northern hegemony. The political<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">conservatism of AhmaduBello, Tafawa Belewa and Shehu Shagari was<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">conspicuously at variance with thequasi-liberal politics of Aminu Kano,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Abubakar Rimi and Baralabe Musa. However,irrespective of their political<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">strand and affiliations, their political lodestarremains the same:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">northern domination of political power in Nigeria. The Yoruba do not speak<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">with one voice. Some of the most ardent critics ofthe Obasanjo presidency<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">were Yoruba. The Gani Fahimiwimi\/Beko Ransome-Kutipolitical activism was<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">not always in conformity with conventional Yorubapolitics. Moshood Abiola<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and Olusegun Obasanjo were prot\u00e9g\u00e9s of the northernpowerbrokers and not<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">disciples of Obafemi Awolowo. Their broad politicaloutlook contrasted with<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Awolowo&#8217;s narrow tribal politics, and they did notflinch in denouncing<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Awolowo and his politics. However, despite their politicalhues and bents,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">they have a consensus, which is, according to SG Ikoku,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYorubaIrredentism\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the other hand, the Igbo, for long, had no<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">consensus. However, with theemergency of Peter Obi as the PDP presidential<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">candidate, divergent Igbo politicalviews and interests have coalesced into<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">a consensus: support for Peter Obi. AllIgbo, including the aggrieved<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">politicians, must support Peter Obi. Any Igbothat, for whatever reason,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">undermines the Igbo preferred presidential ticket,Atiku\/Obi, must be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">severely punished. A major problem of the Igbo is theinability to punish<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">those, who, in the service of the adversaries or furtheringof personal<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">ambitions undermined the collective good of the Igbo. At the PDPconvention<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">at Jos in 1998, the Hausa-speaking Jim Nwobodo undercut the Igbo<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">consensuspresidential candidate, Alex Ekwueme. Ordinarily, he should have<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">been strictlypunished. Unfortunately, after the convention, he returned<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">home, and was not penalized.According to a high ranking Ohaneze member,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">during the standoff between PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Senate-President Chuba Okadigbo, Ohaneze sent a delegationto Abuja to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">rally Igbo senators in support of Chuba Okadigbo. The delegation<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">wasinstructed to stay away from Aso Rock. They were mandated to go<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">straight to theNational Assembly, deliver the Ohaneze directive to the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Igbo senators, andreturn immediately to Enugu. On getting to Abuja, they<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">could not resist the magnetismof Aso Rock; they went to Aso Rock, and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President Obasanjo sweet-talked themand weakened their resolve to rally<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Igbo senators in defense of Chuba Okadigbo.Subsequently, Obasanjo ousted<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Okadigbo. Lamentably, the members of thisdelegation that betrayed the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">trust reposed on them by Ohaneze, and byextension, Ndi Igbo returned home<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and were not punished. It is high time the Igbo instituted stern measures<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for punishing errant andrecalcitrant Igbo that, in pandering to selfish<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">interests, subverted thecollective good of the Igbo. For the 2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">presidential election, every Igbomust subordinate their individual<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">interests and ambitions to the collectiveIgbo political goal: the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">emergence of Peter Obi as the vice president ofNigeria. Any Igbo that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">subverts this consensus on support Peter Obi must beseverely punished:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">banished from Igbo land. \u00a0TochukwuEzukanma writes from Lagos, Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"mailto:maciln18@yahoo.com\">maciln18@yahoo.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">0803529 2908<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By TochukwuEzukanma It is most exhilarating that as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primariesended, the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, chose Peter Obi as hisrunning mate. 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