Popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has reacted to the emergence of Peter Obi as presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 election.
According to the controversial scholar, the move has caused relative peace to the South-East, adding that the agitations of the Indigenous People of Biafra has been proven to be political by their show of support for the former Anambra governor.
On another hand, Sheikh Gumi said the agitation for Oduduwa Republic has also died down with the hope that Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress would win the 2023 presidential election.
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He also said a section of the North has also slowed down its cry of marginalization on the emergence of Rabiu Kwankwanso as presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP.
With the separatists agitations gradually slowed down, Sheikh Gumi said the question remains if the Independent National Electoral Commission will conduct a free and fair election in 2023.
“The IPOB rhetoric and loud voice of Biafra agitations have muffled out with the emergence of Peter Obi as the Labor Party presidential candidate. To them, Igbos have a platform. It’s clear now that the entire IPOB outcry was a political gimmick to get power.
“The Oduduwa clamours have abated also since Tinubu has clinched the APC ticket never to resurface again until probably if he didn’t win the race.
“Northern Ultra conservatives too have no mouth to speak of marginalization or suppression of representation, the NNPP kwankwaso has satisfied that segment of the society. No more claims of candidate suppression and manipulation,” his statement read in part.
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