ONWULIRI WARNS IGBO POLITICIANS AGAINST CONTESTING PRESIDENCY

Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Prof. (Mrs.) Viola Onwuliri yesterday, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, warned Igbo politicians who are aspiring to contest against President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 general elections to desist from the act.
She cautioned that any politician of Igbo extraction that flouts the directives does so t his own risk and would not get the support of people of the zone.
Her words, “We have concluded at the last World Igbo Congress in Houston, USA to support Jonathan’s re-election, so any Igbo politician that wants to vie for the office of the president in 2015 is on his own, such person is only going to waste his resources because the leaders have decided to support Jonathan for his second term bid because of what he has done for Ndigbo.”
The minister stated further that it was foolhardy for any Igbo politician to contemplate contesting against President Jonathan after the massive clamour from other geopolitical zones for his reelection, adding that, “the South East has benefited immensely from President Jonathan’s administration in terms of infrastructure and development, job creation, youth empowerment, among other laudable projects, so we have concluded to continue to support him in the overall interest of the Igbo people”.
Source: National Mirror