Press Release
The attention of South East Professional Initiative has been drawn to an advertorial published on Sunday SUN Newspaper of 19th April titled “Imo State Electorate, a call to vote wisely” by the Ohaneze Caretaker Commitee which was signed by the Chairman and Secretary, Chief Ralph Obioha, and Dr Zed Chukwujama.
In the said publication, the committee called on Imo State voters in the affected polling units to cast their votes wisely on the supplementary election scheduled for Saturday, 25th April 2015 and reelect Governor Rochas Okorocha.
A release by the President General of South East professional Initiative, Dr Emeka Alozie,. vehemently condemns the action of the committee as most reprehensible, ridiculous,and unfortunate.
As an apex Igbo Socio cultural umbrella body, expected to lead the Igbo nation to the promised land of prosperity, the organisation is of the view that the committee should maintain absolute neutrality in the discharge of their responsibilities and to avoid all acts capable of bringing Ndi Igbo on a collision course.
At this critical period of the nations political development, the group advises the Ohaneze Caretaker committee to see it as its sacred responsibility to involve ideas, suggestions and proposals that can assist NDI Igbo to harness their potentials irrespective of political linnngs to relaunch themselves on the path of economic and social political development, instead of indulging in infant and reductionist mentality.
The people of Imo State are politically conscious and have come of age to choose their leaders who they know have over the years proved their mettle in the service of God and humanity and therefore cannot be directed on the path to follow by any individual, group and association at this crucial time.
The people of the state are therefore advised to come out enmass and exercise their franchise according to their conscience and to shun those who claim to be more Catholic than the Pope.
A word is enough for the wise.
