Success Damian:
Eze Ndigbo of Lagos, Eze (Dr) Christian Uchechukwu Nwachukwu has disclosed that there has not been any genuine reconciliation between the two gladiators in the Igbo in APC leadership tussle.
He maintained that whoever claimed
that there was reconciliation was entitled to his opinion.
“We have not reconciled,
reconciliation continued. We also met ourselves at the birthday party of the
Chief of Staff, as part of the reconciliation, so we have not reconciled. It is
only truth that can prevail, we want truth to prevail,” Nwachukwu said.
On Joe Igbokwe’s claim that he
has done enough for Ndigbo and therefore better position to occupy the APC
leadership spot in Lagos, Nwachukwu responded that he (Igbokwe) is entitled to
his opinion, “You must not count on what he said. Igbokwe is entitled to his
opinions. The traditional leaders of Ndigbo in Lagos State and all the Igbo
communities have stamped that Hon Jude Idimogu, the Lawmaker representing
Oshodi/Isolo Constituency 02 in the Lagos State House of Assembly should be the
one to represent the interest of all. Igbokwe has been there for long, the
question is, what has he done, is the community faring better or disfranchised?
His leadership is that he sidelined the middle class, and local class, that is
why we are losing elections.”
He put the record straight by
saying that Honorable Idimogu did not come to the Ezes for the Apex leader position
“Now we have called Jude, we called Jude; it is not like Jude came on his own,
no. We are the ones that invited Jude, after all the appraisal of the situation
of the problems Ndigbo are having in APC and the feeling of suspicion from the
party leaders that Ndigbo are not complying with them with their support and
trust.
“So Jude is the only person we called and
invited and endorsed, issued a certificate for him to go and do the job there
and give us justice on what should be done so that party leaders will not
complain,” he said.
He said that the issue of Apex
leader is not a matter of competition “It is not issue of competition, in
comparison, Jude was in school when Joe was in party, Jude was in school, he left
school, became chartered, and a trained marketer. So you can’t compare a
trained marketer and chartered. So now we have called him, we are the ones
working in Lagos State not those that head everybody, we are the ones that do
the job, all the Eze Ndigbo in Lagos State and Igbo communities, we are the
ones doing the job.
“He should forget the interest
in money; he should forget about that, what we want now is the genuine leadership
of Ndigbo that can reflect people’s orientation; that is what we are after.
“We have given the party to
the humble and gentleman that will be able to do that and carry Ndigbo to the
masses, the masses have given him the mandate; he will go there and carry
Ndigbo back to the masses; that is the authority giving to him.”
On issue of age between the
two, Nwachukwu said “Age is about tradition but in politics, any man who is
intelligent or with superior argument can go there and lead.”
Nwachukwu praised all the Ezes
and leaders in various local governments in Lagos State saying “We appreciate
all Ndigbo in various places we have visited, especially Ibeju Lekki, Alimosho,
Otawoyi, Alaba International, among others, we thank them for having received
the lawmaker very very well. We assure them that the promise made is promise
kept. The issue of the ones we have not reached, keep waiting for us, we will
meet you there. We are thankful to you, and ask you not to relent in your
efforts in supporting and mobilizing your people in various local governments
for the lawmaker.”
The Eze Ndigbo also spoke on
his annual Iriji Festival “Now the issue of the annual new yam festival, it is
fast approaching, hopefully, Gods willing, sometime in October we will be able
to have our annual ceremony, iriji ceremony, and also commission the newly
built Igbo Community Centre which is the Palace of Eze Ndigbo, Lagos State.
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