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From Umuahia, Abia State
A youth leader in Abia State, Comrade Chikezie Chukwuocha has called on the Igbos to support the current move by the former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu to unite the people and form a common front to be able to win the presidency in 2015.
Chukwuocha said the call had become necessary in view of the fact that the Igbos has suffered marginalization in the present Nigerian polity.
He said the present situation in Igbo land where everybody wants to be king and nobody wants to be led would not augur well for the unity of the people which he stated was crucial if the zone would speak with one voice and fight a common purpose.
“When the Igbos come together, it will make for greater achievement, if we do one common thing, we shall fight from a common front, but if we are divergent in our views, we cannot meet, we shall be running parallel.”
Chukwuocha stated that it was important Igbos come together to face the forces from other regions particularly as 2015 is around the corner.
He lamented that some people in the area were working against the project of the Igbos uniting to forge a common front in the scheme of things in this country.
“I don’t know the people championing the ‘Njiko Igbo’, I commend them a lot, including the ex governor of Abia state for doing a wonderful work, that’s the type of thing we need this time around; to have common front to actualize our dream of an Igbo man becoming the president of this country in 2015.”
