November 11, (THEWILL) – Aisha Yesufu, a co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) campaigner, on Thursday posited that an alliance between the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) could be beneficial to the region.
The activist averred this on her Twitter page through threaded tweets. She said both bodies can leverage the goodwill they are enjoying now to better prepare for subsequent elections.
According to Yesufu, this has better long-term benefits than wasting the goodwill on issuing sit-at-home orders.
She wrote: “Imagine if IPOB works with APGA to control the political power in the South East? Bring the best candidates to be nominated. Show the rest of us how people with competence, character and capacity in leadership positions can change a region. Use the power to negotiate at the Federal level.
“An APGA/IPOB alliance can bring the South East together politically. Instead of IPOB wasting its goodwill on giving sit-at-home orders, they can make it ‘nominate and vote credible candidates’ order.
“With that power, you can negotiate with any party wanting to win presidential elections and give the terms for your alliance. Any party interested in winning the region must be ready to meet your terms. That way, no party takes the region for granted.”
“Everyone knows that the South East is for PDP at the presidential level. It shouldn’t be so. South East should be for whichever party is ready to give southeast the best deal!
“Use your political might to negotiate. Let PDP sweat for it too.”
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