Ohanaeze Youth – The senator-elect for Enugu North Senatorial Zone, Okey Ezea, has been warned over his comment where he said the governorship polls in the state would be a do or die affair.
Ndiigboworldwide learned that the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, issued the warning on Sunday to Ezea.
The organisation advised him to withdraw that comment for the sake of peace in Enugu State.
Ezea was reported to have told his constituents during his first address as a Senator-elect that the forthcoming governorship election would be a do or die affair.
The president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, in the statement expressed shock over the alleged comment saying Ezea who benefactor of the goodwill and political tsunami led by Peter Obi could turn around to instigate violence in his first public utterance as a Senator-elect to call on the youths to go and engage in crisis.
Nnabuike, described the development as rather unfortunate and believers of democracy must condemn the utterance.
Ohanaeze Youth Council’s Statement
Ohanaeze submitted that “We, the Ohanaeze youths, reject in its entirety the inciting statement. Credited to the Enugu North Senator-elect, Barr. Okey Ezea wherein he was describing the March 11 governorship election as a do or die affair.
“We find it so awkward that Ezea’s first public utterance as a Senator-elect is to call on the youths to go and engage in violence. This is totally unacceptable and should be resisted by every Enugu youth.
“The youths must say no to politicians who would want to use them to cause mayhem in Enugu State. We should not forget that it is very dangerous to throw stones into a marketplace. You never can tell who the victim will be.
“We warn Okey Ezea to stop instigating violence in Enugu State that governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has made peaceful since the inception of his administration.
“So, we call on him to immediately withdraw that divisive and inciting statement without further delay.
This should also serve as a serious warning to other politicians who may want to toe this path. The youths will not take it lightly with such a person. We shall employ all legal means to bring such a person to justice.”
