Ahead of next Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has pledged its support for the re-election of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, saying Igbo people living in the state will ensure the governor is re-elected for another term.
The leaders of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State said Igbo people in the state will vote for Sanwo-Olu on March 11 because the governor represents everything Ndigbo needs to prosper and execute their businesses and professional calling.
The leaders of the Lagos State chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo said this at a joint press conference with the leadership of the Yoruba Council Worldwide in Lagos on Thursday.
Speaking, the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State, Chief Sunday Osai, also distanced the group from the statement credited to one Okechukwu Isiguzoro calling on Sanwo-Olu to resign and inciting Igbo in Lagos against the governor and the Oba of Lagos, Oba Riliwan Akiolu.
Osai stated that Isiguzoro, who is claiming to be the National Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, was unknown to them, saying he is not speaking the mind of Igbo in Lagos State.
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Osai, who described Sanwo-Olu as friendly, peace-loving, and accommodating, sued for a continued cordial relationship between the governor, Lagos residents, and Ndigbo in the state.
He further commended the governor’s leadership style and Yoruba in Lagos State for making the Igbo feel at home, promising they will reciprocate the kind gesture of the governor and his people by voting massively to secure his re-election bid.
“As the President of the Lagos State Ohanaeze, I represent the mouthpiece of Ndigbo in Lagos and I hereby debunk the so-called Ohanaeze Ndigbo asking Governor Sanwo-Olu to resign.
“Governor Sanwo-Olu is a friendly governor to the Ndigbo, hence a very cordial relationship has existed between Ohanaeze and Governor Sanwo-Olu.
“If Ndigbo is rooting for anybody to become a governor of Lagos State, that person is Sanwo-Olu because of the cordial relationship that we have enjoyed together.
“Sanwo-Olu represents everything that Ndigbo needs to prosper and he has been very kind and implemented friendly policies that enable us to execute our businesses and professional calling without fear or favour. So, why should we tell him to resign? Even if the constitution permits a third term, Ndigbo will accept Governor Sanwo-Olu.
“I thank the Lagos State Governor and I want to let him know that with Ndigbo, he should go and sleep with his two eyes closed. Ndigbo will gladly vote for him come March 11, 2023,” Osai said.
Also speaker at the event, the Woman Leader of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Lagos State, Chief Jane Okoro, assured Governor Sanwo-Olu that the entire women structure in the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state will be mobilised to support his re-election.
Okoro, however, appealed to women not to allow their children to be used as political thugs in the forthcoming elections.
Also speaking, the President of Yoruba Council Worldwide, Aare Oba Oladotun Hassa, appealed to all Igbo people in the state to reach out to their brothers and sisters to disregard all the allegations against the governor, saying it was a move to arouse people’s emotional sensibility and political ideology.
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