The Devil We Know Is Better – Ohaneze Congratulates Tinubu

• Ohaneze group maintains that Peter Obi was the preferred candidate of Nigerians but extends congratulatory message to the eventual winner, Bola Tinubu.

• The Igbo group advocates the importance of the Igbo ethnic group in building Nigeria for the better in their message to the President elect.

• However they note their support for Tinubu only goes as far as the court jurisdiction says.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organization of the Igbo people, has congratulated Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, on his victory in the just-concluded presidential election.

However, the group has also vowed to support Tinubu only until a court of competent jurisdiction says otherwise.

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Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, made this known while speaking with DAILY POST. Isiguzoro urged Tinubu to reach out to other presidential candidates in the spirit of fairness. He also lamented that the just-concluded presidential election was flawed.

“Democracy has come to stay, [and] irrespective that INEC has not lived up to its expectation and people are not happy with the outcome of this election, we don’t have any option but to congratulate APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu on his victory as the winner of the 2023 election,” said Isiguzoro.

“Ndigbo are major players in Nigeria’s economy, politics and otherwise. Nigeria belongs to all of us, and Tinubu must reach out to other contestants in the spirit of fairness. No place in the world where the election is perfect, the election was once rigged in the US, but at this moment, we will continue to support those who have emerged victorious in the spirit of the Southern presidency.”

Isiguzoro added that Ohanaeze campaigned for power to shift from the North to the South, and with the outcome of the election, there is going to be a transition of power from the North to Southern presidency, which is the position of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

“We had two candidates – Tinubu and Peter Obi – and the favourite of Nigeria was Obi; however, the devil we know is better than the angel that did not win. We are not saying Tinubu is the devil, but we are going to manage him until any court of competent jurisdiction says otherwise that the election was flawed. Ohanaeze will identify with Tinubu until any court of competent jurisdiction says otherwise,” he said.

The statement from Ohanaeze Ndigbo comes after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday.

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Tinubu defeated 21 other candidates to emerge victorious, securing the required number of votes to become the next President of Nigeria.

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