The promise made by some Igbo leaders on Wednesday to support the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in the forthcoming 2019 election has split the South-East.
The Igbo leaders spoke in Enugu after a meeting where elder statesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, urged on them to do him the honour of achieving Atiku’s success.
“In conclusion, the summit reiterated that the time is now for Ndigbo to mobilise and organise effectively to realise the Atiku/Obi ticket,” a communique issued after the meeting had read.
But the leadership of Igbo World Union on Friday said the people of the South-East had yet to decide on which direction to vote in 2019, while the United Progressives Party and an Igbo group called Igboezuo also announced the adoption of President Muhammadu Buhari as its candidate for the 2019 polls.