The Igbo socio-political organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo has accused the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, of inheriting hatred for the Southeast from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Damian Okeke-Ogene, Ohanaeze’s national Vice President, made the remark while reacting to the omission of the Southeast from Tinubu’s inauguration committee.
He said the omission had exposed Tinubu as a tribalist, adding that it was difficult for him to change his opinion about Igbo.
He wondered if the omission indicated that Tinubu would continue the marginalization of the Southeast.
He also stressed that those plotting to divide Nigeria would fail.
According to Okeke-Ogene: “Igbophobia is in his veins, and by not including Igbo people in the handover committee, he is only trying to reopen old wounds.
“He inherited the hatred Buhari has against Igbo, especially when the President-elect has said he will continue from where the incumbent president stopped.
“Ohanaeze has not even accepted his election and whatever he is doing is personal to him.”
