The leadership of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has described the support enjoyed by Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), as a revolution against injustice, poverty, unemployment, and corruption in the country.
Dr. Chiedozie Ogbonnia, the group’s National Publicity Secretary, stated this in an interview on Sunday.
According to him, Obi represents the Nigerian conscience, “moral probity, generational hope, and redemption epiphany”.
He told The Punch in an interview that: “A lot has been said that the Labour Party, especially as it concerns Obi, has no structure. It needs to be pointed out that the Obi movement is a massive reaction against Nigerian pathology. People use the Obi phenomenon to express dissatisfaction with the status quo.
“It is a revolt against injustice, poverty, unemployment, corruption, and all forms of vicious circles that have become the trademark of Nigeria. In other words, every revolution is a structural change. What the Obi movement stands for is to dismantle whatever structure has brought us to this intractable tragedy and reprehensible denouement, the structure that has been a knee on the neck of Nigerians.
“Importantly, ideas rule the world. Ideas, as you know, possess the potency to develop into an ideology, a movement, and finally a structure. Lastly, the structure debate has been overwhelmed and rested by the recent events in Nigeria.’’
