(FILES)- A March 2, 2012 file photo shows an Ohafia cultural troupe entertaining bystanders during the burial of Nigeria’s secessionist leader Odumegwu Ojukwu at his native Nnewi country home, in Anambra State eastern Nigeria. Odumegwu Ojukwu, who championed the campaign for an independent Republic of Biafra in eastern Nigeria in the 1960s culminating in a 30-month civil war which left more than a million dead was buried at his Nnewi family home in Anambra State. Its name is synonomous with the declaration of independence and updates on the brutal conflict that followed, but nearly 50 years after Nigeria’s civil war, Radio Biafra is again making headlines. AFP PHOTO
By Simon Ebegbulem
Some Igbo in Edo State have debunked the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, that the group had endorsed the candidate of the PDP, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
Reacting to the reports yesterday, spokesman of the group, Ambrose Aniele, asserted that “we have no business with the PDP because we have our candidate and that person is Osaro Onaiwu of the APGA. APGA is the Igbo party and we cannot leave it and vote for PDP. We never endorsed Ize-Iyamu so they should stop that propaganda. “As I speak to you we are campaigning for APGA and instead of supporting PDP because we knew that when they were in power in Edo State they did not do anything, so instead of supporting PDP we will support APC because whether you like it or not Benin is beautiful today because of Oshiomhole and APC.
“I am aware that some of our people have met with APC candidate Godwin Obaseki and Oshiomhole, but I can tell you that majority of us will vote for APGA.
The only problem APC has is the taxation problem, but Oshiomhole has worked, to be honest. You cannot compare PDP with APC, the PDP people have big men who share the money, they don’t care about we Igbos so why will we vote for them, it is not true.
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