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From Ogbonnaya Ndukwe, Aba
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), has described Friday’s ruling by a Kano court nullifying the candidature of Abia Governor-Elect, Dr Alex Otti, and other Labour Party candidates in the February 25th and March 18th general elections as anti-people.
“Such judgement against the peace and development of Abia State will not stand,” the group said.
The apex Igbo socio political youth group, in a statement signed by its President General, Goodluck Ibem, COSEYL noted that: “This judgement and those sponsoring it are doing so because they believe that Abia State, being the only state presently having a governor-elect under the Labour Party (LP), will sponsor her Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi’s Presidential election tribunal matters, which the Labour Party said was stolen in favour of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“This evil plot by fifth columnists, who want to cause a war between the Igbos and the North, will fail in their attempt to cause more ethnic tensions to the one that had already been created by the outgoing administration.
“No Igbo man had at anytime in the history of Nigeria filed any matter against a Northern governor, and we wonder why the North will allow themselves to be used to scuttle the joy of Abia people and Ndigbo. This nonsense has to stop immediately.”
“Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, and his party, the Labour Party (LP), submitted the register of their party members within the time frame as stipulated by the 2022 Electoral Law. Anything to the contrary was manufactured by the person who filed the matter and his sponsors.” The group warned the ruling APC and those it described as its cohorts, to leave Abians to enjoy this fresh air brought into the State by God through Dr Alex Otti, who will be sworn in into office on May 29 as governor.
