Ohanaeze Ndigbo endorses Jonathan

Pan igbo group Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Tuesday endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for re-election in the 2015 presidential elections.

The body took the decision at a meeting presided over by President-General of the group Chief Gary Igariwey at its Secretariat in Enugu.

It noted that the Igbos contributed massively to the President’s victory in 2011, hence the need to back him to complete his second term in office.

The group said, though the president has not done much as expected of him by the Igbos, he has improved

infrastructure in the South-East, and given Igbos a general sense of belonging in his administration.

In a statement titled ‘Presidential Election, 2015: The Stand of Ndigbo,’ which was jointly signed by the President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Gary Enwo-Igariwey, the Chairman, South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, and the Secretary-General, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, said the endorsement was done after wide consultations.

The body also stressed that the decision to endorse Jonathan was made in the “collective interests” of all Igbos, as well as in solidarity with the people of the south south.