03/07/2022
*DG CAMPAIGN OBI FOR PRESIDENT DR DOYIN OKUPE*
Press Release 03072023
Our attention has been drawn to a publication by one AG Mahmoud, wherein he accused ,HE Peter Obi of insolence and hatred of Nigerians of Northern extraction. Without any iota of doubt the entire write up is a well written "treatise" aimed at damaging the growing national acceptance of Peter Obi and incense the electorate of the north against his candidacy. I will not argue on the authenticity of the accusations or the merit or demerit of the venomous write up. I will rather mention here that over the years we have all offended on another and committed acts that stoke the embers of hatred on all sides. And this is applicable to all ethnic groups, Hausas, fulani , Yoruba, igbos, southern and northern minorities, all across the entire Nigerian communities. For a fact the whole nation went to war against a single ethnic group , the Igbos. This tribe were on the receiving end of a 3year war. We all know how devastating that war was on the igbos , psychologically, financially, emotionally and positional in the scheme of things in Nigeria. Those who bore the brunt of the evil of that war cannot be said to be in a loving relationship with their assailants. The north up till today has not forgiven the igbos for the role of the five Majors during the 1966 coup. Also the east holds it against the west that the late leader of the Yorubas finally dropped off from his initial support of the secession plan only to later team up with the federal government against Biafra. The Yorubas on their own side hold it against Zik, the Igbo leader that he dumped Chief Awolowo to later form government with the North, led by Alhaji Balewa. Or how can we not mention the visceral pains the Yorubas feel for the annulment of MKO Abiola's election and his subsequent demise!