Between Ojukwu And Igbos Love For PDP by TooNoisy(f)

As the South East continues to clamour for the Presidency of Nigeria, it is important that we revisit how we got here and what lessons can be learnt.

At the return to democracy, PDP as a party was created by the retired generals mainly of Northern extraction and policians from across the South South and South East. Though there were politicians from the South West, the majority of their politicians were in the AD.

PDP had a clean sweep of the South East and got the presidency while the AD/ANPP played opposition. Ikemba Ojukwu later decided to form APGA as a pan-Igbo political party almost similar to the AD in the South West. Please note that Ojukwu is widely regarded as the greatest Igbo leader who ever lived and it was expected that APGA would begin to dominate South East politics and would turn the SE into one voting block.

Ojukwu decided to run for the presidency in 2003 under APGA and the result was very disappointing. He not only came a distant third to Obasanjo and Buhari, he actually lost to Obasanjo in the South East only winning in Anambra. Ojukwu performed so poorly in Ebonyi, he had about the same votes as Buhari. Why did the Igbo reject their lifetime hero.

Ojukwu again ran for President in 2007 against Yar Adua, Buhari and Atiku. It even got worse. Ojukwu came 6th, even coming behind Orji Uzo Kalu and getting only 155k votes. He did not win one state in the South East. How could this be. The Igbos had voted for a Fulani in Yar Adua over their own two sons - Ikemba Ojukwu and Orji Uzo Kalu.

My question is - why did the Igbo voters reject Ojukwu and his party APGA. How did they vote PDP twice- a party dominated by Fulani against their own hero? They keep shouting Ojukwu everyday but twice refused to vote for him. The party he created - APGA- is at best a one state party and has not won anything outside Anambra.

One thing is clear - the SE blindly vote for the PDP. Even if the PDP presents a cat for president, they can be sure of the Igbo vote. So I believe the Igbo should genuinely ask the Fulani dominated PDP for a presidential slot or a vice presidential slot for once. But if I were PDP, I will zone the presidency to the North and the VP to the South South because the Igbo will always vote PDP. They have always voted PDP and they will not vote another party. With that assurance, the PDP can zone the presidency to the North since it looks like APC will zone to South West.

My question is this. Why do the Igbos love PDP so much that they twice voted for PDP against Ojukwu- their greatest hero.

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