The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have almost no chance of winning the 2023 election.
According to PM News, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has stated that it will not support the party with the umbrella emblem.
He said:
“Atiku has said what he wanted to say, but he would have realised that nobody would take that advice, no person from the Southeast or an Igbo would take that advice seriously.
“I can assure you no person from Southeast or Igboland will take that advice that we should wait until 2027 because, right from time, everybody knows that it is the turn of the South and, by extension, Southeast to produce the next president.”
Peter Obi is backed for president by Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere, and others. According to the Daily Independent, the group’s national vice chairman, Ichie Damian Okeke Ogene, has also stated that they will go all out to elect an Igbo president. He revealed that the group is working with its counterpart in the southwestern region, Afenifere, to go all out for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. He stated that even before the election of Peter Obi, the Igbos had been marginalized and that a larger percentage of the Igbo people are calling for an Igbo president.