A socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, has described the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as a man with the capacity who will continue the development stride of the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the February 25 presidential election ahead of Atiku Abubakar, the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Ohanaeze, which had earlier rejected the outcome of the elections made a U-turn when it congratulated Tinubu in a press statement released by the Director-General, Implementation and Strategic Planning, Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, Ambassador Tony Chiemelu Obizoba.
“The group visualises the success of the APC flagbearer in the election contest as one that will lead to unifying Nigerians for a focused development plan that will follow.
“Tinubu is capable, and we have no doubt in his capacity to ensure the continuity of the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari, which are apparent, indisputably correct and will continue to stand as good legacies for generations of leaders to come.
“This Igbo umbrella body will continue to remember Obi, former governor of Anambra State, as one who, despite all odds, laboured hard to actualise a Nigerian president from the Igboland. However, God has not destined it to happen in 2023. It may happen later. God spares the life of everybody.
“It is more to show that the Igbo do not really hate themselves as some Nigerians tend to say. In all, general performances of the candidates across parties have given this group the confidence to agree that the emergence of one of them, who is Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is well deserved and we say congratulations,” he said.
