Ohanaeze reacts as APC Chair, Adamu picks Ahmad Lawan as consensus presidential candidate 

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has cautioned the All Progressives Congress, APC, against picking the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan as its consensus presidential candidate.

The body said picking Lawan is a political miscalculation that would misfire.

Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, said Lawan lacks the national acceptance and electoral integrity to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi.

Reports had it that APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu had named Lawan as the party’s consensus presidential candidate.

But, APC governors had rejected Adamu’s choice of Paean, insisting that power must shift to the South in 2023.

Reacting, Isiguzoro, in a statement, said: “The announcement of the APC National Chairman Senator Adamu that Senator Ahmad Lawan is the APC consensus candidate for 2023 depicts immaturity and is a game over for the ruling party to retain power at the centre, as this miscalculation will backfire on the ruling party’s chances to win 2023 election and we call on President Buhari to caution the party National Chairman Sen. Adamu, who appears to be biased and compromised by hawks in the party.”

Isiguzoro also commended APC governors for rejecting Adamu’s choice of Lawan.

“We salute the courageous stance of APC Northern Governors to reject the APC National Chairman’s choice for consensus those pushing for the choice Ahmad Lawan are oblivion to the fact that a political tsunami is sweeping across the country with the resurrection of the third force in Labour Party, Atiku and Lawan will lose the Presidential election against a united front of Nigerians and Southerners behind the third force.

“Senator Ahmad Lawan lacks the personality, and character, and appears clueless to fit into the legacies of President Buhari which only an Igbo can do, as a rubber stamp Senate President, his candidacy will crash out the ruling party from Aso Rock.

“Ndigbo rejects the candidature of Ahmad Lawan, a man who couldn’t find solutions through the legislative process to the insecurity challenges of the Northeast, this man will lead Nigeria into disintegration and collapse of Nigeria’s sovereignty and unity”, to be forewarned is be forearmed,” he added.