By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA – The Chief of the Obidient Motion within the South East, Dr Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh, has defended former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, in opposition to criticisms following his name for South East residents to participate within the Steady Voter Registration (CVR).
He stated El-Rufai’s stance on zoning the presidency to the South promotes fairness and locations Peter Obi on the centre of opposition realignments forward of 2027.
Chatting with journalists in Abuja, Ezeh, a number one entrepreneur and political mobiliser, dismissed the protest staged in opposition to El-Rufai in Owerri through the 2025 Odenigbo lecture at Maria Assumpta Catholic Church.
He described the motion as a sham orchestrated by determined politicians inside the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition talks.
In accordance with him, the protest was pushed by loyalists of a northern aspirant unsettled by El-Rufai’s declaration that the ADC presidential ticket needs to be zoned to the South to finish the remaining 4 years.
“Though the structure ensures freedom of expression, coalition politicians working for a northern aspirant should be guided by fairness, equity and inclusivity,” Ezeh stated.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, by means of its Chancellor, Rev Father Patrick Mbarah, had additionally disowned the demonstrators, describing them as “employed, placard-carrying thugs” concentrating on each El-Rufai and Mr Peter Obi.
Ezeh warned that the coalition would lack credibility except it zoned the presidency to the South, insisting that El-Rufai’s message was in step with the beliefs of the Obidient Motion.
“The time for grabbing energy for energy’s sake is gone. Mallam El-Rufai has come to acknowledge that Nigeria belongs to each citizen, and that the journey to a brand new Nigeria should relaxation on citizen participation in elections and the rule of legislation,” he stated.
On voter mobilisation, Ezeh described the 2027 polls as a defining contest.
“Apathy and lethargy encourage vote thieves to steal the folks’s mandate. To me, these are the core of El-Rufai’s message, whether or not in Sokoto, Kaduna or Owerri.
“We should recognise that 2027 goes to be the ultimate bitter struggle between the forces of evil and the forces of fine, forces of sunshine and forces of darkness,” he stated.
Ezeh urged these attacking El-Rufai to rethink, stressing Obi’s central position in Nigeria’s democratic renewal.
“If the coalition of opposition political forces is to bear fruit in 2027, all women and men of goodwill ought to help Mr Peter Obi, who parades the important qualities of moral, competent and purposeful management,” he acknowledged.
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