Pan-Igbo sociopolitical pressure group, the South East Revival Group (SERG) has commended what it described as “rare patriotic view” of the director of publicity and advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.
Dr. Baba-Ahmed had after a meeting with Mr Obi, tweeted that “I spent valuable time with Mr Peter Obi this morning. I wish those who see him as an ethnic candidate can get to know him better. I also wish those who try to sell him will tone down his ethnic identity. I hope the nation will see the candidates up close, we could see a revolution.”
The SERG in a statement signed by its president and national coordinator, Chief Willy Ezugwu said that the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum “never spoke as a politician but as a patriot and courageous statesman.”
The group added, “We commend the rare patriotic view of the Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the…
