By Adadareporters
The Eastern Union, weekend, said President Bola Tinubu was magnanimous to have fulfilled the constitutional requirements by appointing five ministers across the five South-East states.
There have been cries over the five ministers appointed from the region, as against seven allotted to Southsouth, ten to Northwest, nine to Southwest, eight to Northeast and eight to Northcentral.
EU’s national president, Hon Charles Anike, said the collosal failure of Tinubu to garner votes in the South East during the 2023 presidential elections makes the region not favourable to his administration.
According to Anike, “The obvious truth is that I am not even expecting any fair treatment from Tinubu to the South East. Tinubu did not win the presidential election, and he sees the Igbos of the South-East as the reason behind his colossal failure. He would therefore not for any reason compensate them with appointments.
“Tinubu lost gallantly to Obi in Lagos, which hitherto was his stronghold for years and also could not secure the constitutionally required and mandatory 25% votes in the FCT because of the bloc votes of the Igbos in the FCT.
“So definitely, the ill-feelings must always be there and will of course reflect in his appointments and every other thing until the court finally rights the wrong. You can notice how he has shunned and ignored Igbo political hypocrites.”
Anike advised the judiciary to be objective to save Nigeria’s democracy. In his view, “The judiciary must take a cue from the courageous judgment in a similar situation by the Kenyan judiciary. The Nigerian judiciary must by their verdicts show that Nigerians are not cursed or doomed. Our justices should not take for granted or misconstrue the calmness of the people to mean acceptance of the wrong deeds of Prof Mahmood Yakubu’s INEC.”
