Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the convener of Igbo Agenda Dialogue(IAD), Chief Chekwas Okorie(Oje Ozi Ndigbo), has challenged eligible voters of Igbo extraction to arm themselves with their permanent voter cards to enable them participate in the upcoming national elections.
Speaking to SummitNews on the sidelines of a Town Hall meeting held in Enugu on Wednesday, Chief Okorie tasked the electorate to vote for candidates of their choice during the next elections.
He explained that the Town Hall meeting whose theme is ‘What Do Igbo People In Nigeria Want Today And Tomorrow,’ will be held in all the thirty-six states of the federation, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja,
He said: “We are going about getting the opinions of Igbo people , leaders of associations, women organizations, and groups, on what Igbo people want in Nigeria, today and tomorrow. This is just the beginning of it. We’re going to do it in the 36 states of the federation, and FCT. And when we get all these opinions, and we get them in good enough time before the next election, we will build up a compendium on what the Igbo people want, and that will become the Igbo consensus as to what Ndigbo want.”
Chief Okorie who is the founder of both All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA), and the United Progressives Party(UPP), said that at the end of the exercise, “what we want will be very clear and unambiguous, and it will be something that is not unreasonable. Give us that which is due to us, or we review our relationship with Nigeria.”
Answering question on calls by some prominent Igbo politicians on Igbo electorate to re-elect President Bola Tinubu in 2027, Chief Okorie said that while such politicians are entitled to their opinion, they will see the difference between the power of the people, and the the “voice of a few selfish persons.”
He reiterated the urgent need for all those who do not have permanent voter card to go android obtain same, adding that “if you do not vote, you have voted for the person you don’t want to represent you or rule you. But you have to vote so that you ou can hold somebody accountable…”
