The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide Sunday commensurated with the Abia state government and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the demise of Eze Vincent Ogbulafor of the Olokoro community in Umuahia south local government area of the state.
The Igbo group in a condolence message noted that the deceased was a nation builder who relinquished his position as the PDP national chairman to accommodate the North when Goodluck Jonathan became the president of the country.
In a statement signed by the secretary general of the group, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the group noted that if Ogbuloafor was in the position of Iyuocha Ayu, he would have repeated history.
The statement reads, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide commiserates with the royal family of His Royal Majesty late Eze (Eze) Ogbulafor of the Olokoro community in Umuahia south LGA of Abia state, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of PDP and Abia state government, over the death of Prince Eze Vincent Ogbulafor who was former Minister of Economic Affairs, Former national secretary and later elected as the national chairman PDP.
“Prince of the East as fondly called by friends and family members will be missed as his wealth of experience would have been of a remedy to unravel the crisis currently facing the PDP.
But if Ogbulafor was in the position Ayu is facing currently as national chairman, he will repeat history by doing the needful. He will resign honourably, and restore sanity to the party by sacrificing his benefits and privileges for the unity of PDP.
“As a royal prince, his words were his bounds. He kept his promises while he lived.”