PETER OBI: Biafra Agitation Was A Political Gimmick To Get Power – Gumi Says

Controversial Islamic scholar, Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, has said that the agitation for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), have stepped down following the emergence of Mr. Peter Obi as the Labour Party Presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general election.

According to Gumi, the IPOB agitation is politically motivated and only aimed at acquiring power. The cleric said with the emergence of Obi, the group believe that the Igbos now have a platform to achieve their aim.

Gumi also noted that clamors for Oduduwa republic have been stepped down after Asiwaju Bola Tinubu emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’ Presidential candidate.

The cleric who was comparing the security situations in parts of the country, wrote on his social media handle;

The 2022 presidential Run is on set ready for Go!

The just-concluded Eid celebrations in MADA village Zamafara that witnessed banditry and migrations of locals a few months earlier this year had peaceful Sallah celebrations because the locals have gone into a peace treaty with the bandits. Peace works more than violence! People are learning from that. This is politics. So after all the conflict is political.

The IPOB rhetoric and loud voice of Biafra agitations have muffled out with the emergence of Peter Obi as the Labor party presidential candidate. To them, Igbos have a platform. It’s clear now that the entire IPOB outcry was a political gimmick to get power.

The Oduduwa clamors have abated also since Tinubu has clinched the APC ticket never to resurface again until probably if he didn’t win the race.

Northern Ultra conservatives too have no mouth to speak of marginalization or suppression of representation, the NNPP kwankwaso has satisfied that segment of the society. No more claims of candidate suppression and manipulation.

Those cosmopolitan nationalists and full democrats can finally say that the people’s Democratic Party also represented their aspirations. The late National Security Adviser General Andrew Owoeye Azazi once blamed the PDP’s zoning and power rotation arrangements for the increased spate of violence in the country.

Therefore President Jonathan went ahead to disrupt it. This was good for the democrats. The straw that broke the camel’s back.

Those that are religiously inclined like the American Republican party, have in this race the APC, LP, and other parties that presented the same religion president/ Vice President Ticket or their religious preference candidate as the president.

Every Nigerian political persuasion and aspiration is well represented and the choice is left for Nigerians to elect. This is true democracy. So we are optimistic that 2023 will bring the maturity of our chosen system of governance to the optimum.

This is the elephant in the Room, political pundits and commentators are shying way to say. I have no party; I once opposed OBJ, GEJ, and PMB all as politicians publicly because of what I see as bad policies or governance. Nothing personal.

Our only problem now is whether I.N.E.C. will conduct free, fair, and Transparent Elections?

Time will tell.

May Allah bring peace, tranquility, stability, and progress to our Nation. And also give us working frictionless governance. Amin