According to the report from the Cable, the Convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Edwin Clark has lamented the lost opportunity for the Igbos, a major ethnic group in Nigeria, to assert themselves politically and promote their interests due to their disunity and self-interest during the last election.
He noted that the Igbos could have used their resources and voting power to support a popular Igbo candidate, Peter Obi, but their inability to unite behind him led to his loss in the election.
He said, “The most recent opportunity the Igbos had to rebuild their broken leg was when their disunity, selfishness, and greed made the popular Igbo candidate, Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party, lose the election because most Igbos refused to unite behind him with their resources before and during the election, and voting for him massively in the South-East on the election day was like medicine after death. Now that the elections are over, we must face the restructuring of this country.”
