Imo governor Hope Uzodinma says the November 6 governorship election in Anambra is an opportunity for Igbo to return to national politics through All Progressives Congress.
He urged the Igbo to embrace APC for national politics and unity rather than ethnic politics.
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He spoke when he led southeast APC leaders on a reconciliation meeting to Anambra State said there was need for APC to win in the election as a prelude to getting all the five southeast states to mainstream politics.
” We need victory in Anambra State to reconnect Ndigbo to the national grid by returning them to the mainstream national politics where we can obtain the justice we seek,” he said.
According to him, 51 years after the civil war, the Igbo man has been preoccupied on how to seek justice, equity and fairness in a united Nigeria.
“It is obvious to me that we cannot get the justice we seek through isolationism or ethnic politics. The only way we can get what we seek is by being part of mainstream politics by belonging to APC.
“What Igbo seek in a united Nigeria is justice. Igbo need justice to provide a level playing ground for fairness and equity so that their talents and industry will flourish” he said.
Long in opposition
Uzodinma, who is the chairman of APC reconciliation committee, regretted that Anambra had been long in opposition, thereby denying the people what they ought to get from the centre.
According to him some notable Igbo leaders like Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and Dr Alex Ekwueme fought for the integration of Igbo into mainstream politics through alliances and NPN.
He regretted that some elites in the state had allowed disunity to deprive them of victory in the past.
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