The President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, has lambasted a former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, for suggesting an Igbo man cannot rule Nigeria unless the North forgives the East for the killing of Sardauna of Sokoto.
WuzupNigeria recalls that Okupe had in a tweet on Saturday said:
“A national consensus for Igbo Presidency cannot evolve until the core north forgives the Igbos for the killing of Sardauna of Sokoto by Nigerian soldiers of Igbo extraction in the 1966 coup. This is the political knot only the Igbo leaders must spearhead and with the support of other well-meaning Nigerians, resolve with a high level of humility and political dexterity.”
Okupe’s comment sparked outrage on Twitter, forcing him to make a retraction and apologised. But Nnabuike has dismissed his apology and alleged that the former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs during Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency is “a willing tool” for politicians “trying to stop an Igbo man from becoming President of Nigeria.”
Nnabuike said:
“There is every indication that Doyin Okupe needs urgent medical attention. His action is not far from a person that is mentally deranged.
“He is being tormented by Aso Rock spirit and needs both orthodox treatment and spiritual deliverance.
“We have it good authority that Okupe was found as a willing tool by some desperate politicians who are doing everything to stop an Igbo man from becoming President of Nigeria.
“They saw in him an unsound mind and capitalized on it to insult the sensibilities of Ndigbo. We advise his family to help him before his condition deteriorates. He is having issues with his mental capacity.
“Only someone that is mentally deranged will come up at this point in history to claim that the said coup was an Igbo coup, even when the evidences are there that other parts of the country were indeed part of that exercise.
“We must make it clear that no matter the antics anyone may play up, Igbo presidency is non-negotiable and we are not going to be cajoled into giving up on that. Anything to the contrary will mean that the Igbo have been asked to leave Nigeria.
“A million mad people like Doyin Okupe will not stop Ndigbo. He should go and face his case before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He is apparently playing this boyish game to earn a soft landing but all these antics had fallen like pack of cards.”
