The Zikist-Buharist-Movement (ZBM) South East has commended the Governor of Ebonyi State David Umahi for reviving the Zikist North-East alliance.
In a statement on Sunday at Enugu, on behalf of Zikist-Buharist-Movement (ZBM), South East, Rt.Hon. Stanley Ohajiruka, Chairman and Barister Godwin Onwusi, Secretary said the Zikist North-East alliance was a political alliance which had in the 1st and 2nd Republics stabilised the country.
“For us Governor Umahi by placing the interest of the South East region above his personal political interest, is a Daniel (that has) come to judgment. He has opened the floodgate for Northern-Eastern regions alliance.
“We are impressed that Governor Umahi jettisoned his PDP’s comfort zone of the past two decades where he was Ebonyi State Chairman, Deputy Governor and now Governor, because of the collective interest of the South East.
“He frowned at the fact that PDP exploited our votes without commensurate reward system.
“For instance, PDP treated our elder statesman, the founder of the of the party, Dr Alex Ekwueme of blessed memory shabbily, abandoned federal roads in the South East, made false promises over the 2nd Niger bridge, and mischievously equated transient offices doled out to our people as important as infrastructure development to an industrious people,” the statement read.
The group also appreciated Umahi’s candour as demonstrated in his “profound” statement.
Umahi was quoted to have said “Let me clear the air and state that I never sought for the ticket of PDP Presidency and I will not. Whoever that said that I moved to APC because they refused to zone the ticket to me is being very mischievous. Because even if PDP promises me, an individual a presidential ticket, how does it work?
“It is expected that well over 8000 delegates would elect the person and such promise cannot happen without more than 10 or 20 people. People are being very mischievous but I tell you, there are a lot of prominent people from South-East that can take the slot of PDP.
“Why am I moving to APC? some people said I was promised this and that but I tell you, there is no such discussion. APC never promised me any position, they never promised South-East any position, there was no such discussion, however I offered this movement as a protest to the injustice being done to South-East by the PDP since 1998 till date.”
The ZBM congratulated Umahi on flying the pragmatic ZIKIST EAGLE Alliance, which governed the 1st and 2nd Republics of Nigeria.
“It is a welcome development, especially when ZBM understands that he is leading the squad of his governor colleagues and other prominent Igbo leaders to reinforce the Zikist North-East alliance,” the group stated.
Asked whether Umahi’s move will guarantee the popular agitation for Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction, ZBM quipped,
“Definitely, it will enhance and activate the ancient Zikist North-East alliance more than any other alchemy. For Governor Umahi is the pilot of gale of defections we are expecting from the region to APC hovering in the air. Don’t forget that the Zikist Eagle alliance started during the 2019 presidential election, where for the first time our great party, the APC made 25% threshold in 3 out of 5 states.
“Politics is a game of numbers, today Ebony has left the leaking umbrella of the PDP to the golden Broom of the APC, tomorrow we are expecting Abia, Anambra, Enugu and others from the South South, including the Big Fish from the Niger Delta.”
Prodded on who is the big fish from the Niger Delta, the ZBM further noted, “We of the ZBM will not jump the gun, for at the appropriate time our leader President Muhammadu Buhari will brief the country. All we know is that he has promised to bequeath a sustainable democracy to Nigerians.
“ZBM appeals to Nigerian electorate to watch out for the renewal of the APC and strengthening of our fledgling democracy.
“We appreciate Governor Umahi and others who are adding to the missing tonic of Northern cum Eastern regions alliance.”
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