Igbos Responsible For GMB Votes In The South-East

Madailygist profiles six individuals from the South-East region of Nigeria whose contributions helped to sway voters from the region in favour of President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. 

1. Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka: The voice from the pulpit aimed several serial political attacks at President Goodluck Jonathan with wreckless abandon. His abbatoir was the adoration ground that had earlier anointed the wife of the president in an elaborate program…but within weeks he was his biggest critic. His sermon were laced with anything anti-Jonathan. Father Mbaka was a constant torn in the flesh of Jonathan’s campaign. Was he working for the APC or was he under the influence of the holy spirit as he claimed? Only time will tell.

2. Obiageli Ezekwesili: The former minister took the #bringbackourgirls crusade to a new height. A constant nuisance depleting the rank and file of the Jonathan government’s lilly liver fight against the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Locally and internationally, she highlighted all that was wrong with the Jonathan administration.The height of her campaign was laying siege at the national assembly. Many believed that her campaign was bore out of political sentiment than sincere concern for the kidnapped girls. However she never missed any opportunity to rub on the failure of the outgoing government whenever she speaks.


3. Rochas Okorocha: This is the real deal for the Igbos. A flawless orator and the new face of the Igbo nation. He was the lonely voice of the APC in the East…this was a man who had been members of almost all the major political parties in Nigeria. He stood firm in the face of adversity as the PDP threw their weight unhindered in the South East. He was the strongest APC henchman in the East that gave them public appeal as a National party. He may one day rule Nigeria if his kinsmen rally round him.


4. Ogbonnaya Onu: A political arrow head of the APC, He was a key factor in the creation of the APC. The only authentic address the APC has in the east is the home of the former governor, a loyal leader that Buhari and co holds in high esteem. He was involved in many of the failed battles in the east to garner support for Buhari during the election.


5. Charles Soludo’s: Last ditch effort to rubbish the economic power house of the Jonathan’s administration led by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was a terrible punch below the belt. It was a destraction they never expected. He charged the administration for leadership failure and enumerated on many political and economic indices bothering on sustained systematic corruption leveled against the government. He challenged the defacto prime minister Ngozi Iweala to an economic debate that never materialised.

6. Dr Chris Ngige: A former governor and a progressive to the core…many of his political battles are well documented with sometimes too weird to fathom, but his role as the APC foot soldier from the east provided the necessary arsenal the APC needed to dislodge the ethnic/religious tanthrum the PDP threw at them… He was a stabilsing factor from the east doing the mop up whenever Lai Mohammed releases his missles.