The Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has responded to what it termed alarming and incendiary remarks recently made by Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the former Governor of Rivers State and former Minister of Transport against President Bola Tinubu.
According to Ohanaeze in a statement issued by the Deputy President General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, “in a discourse at an opposition leaders’ conference in Abuja, Amaechi’s outrageous call for Nigerians to resort to “brutal force” in an attempt to snatch power from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by 2027 starkly contravenes the principles of civility, democracy, and peace that we hold dear.
Ohanaeze said Amaechi’s equally disconcerting assertion that politicians must be willing to “steal, maim, and kill” to retain power not only diminishes the dignity of the political discourse but also poses a dire threat to the very fabric of Nigerian society.
Ohanaeze averred that such insidious rhetoric serves to excite unrest and mobilize the youth toward violent actions that could plunge Nigeria into chaos.
It added that it is an affront to the intelligence, integrity, and sensibilities of all Nigerians and threatens to incite an uncontrollable wave of violence that could engulf the nation.
