The President General of the Igbo sociocultural youth organization worldwide, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, has been cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to context for the Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency, under the platform of Young Progressives Party (YPP).
Comrade Ogboayaka in a statement on Wednesday, disclosed that he was listed as the Federal House of Representatives candidate after a rigorous process, saying his emergence has significantly changed the political narrative in the Constituency.
Speaking on the new political development, Comrade Igboayaka stated that youths constitutes the largest population of electoral value in Orlu/Orsu/Oru East and in Igboland at large, declaring that he will leverage on numerical strength to emerge victorious on 16th January 2027.
He urged Youths in the constituency to make the necessary sacrifice to support his candidacy, as well as other National Assembly candidates who share the same aspiration and vision to rescue Igboland from economic strangulation and insecurity.
The YPP candidate described the 2027 election as another political opportunity for Ndi-Orlu, Ndi-Orsu, and Ndi-Oru East to engage in sober political reflection.
He stated that the people must evaluate the journey so far and the quality of political representation the constituency has received in the last 28 years, and decide if they want a continuation of political slavery or a new direction of political liberation through his aspiration.
Speaking on the state of representation, Comrade Igboayaka said:
“It was at this juncture of poor representation and betrayal that I reflected on what has befallen the Igbo Nation, particularly my federal constituency. I decided to offer myself like scriptural King David on a divine mandate to dethrone King Saul.”
He appealed to the youths of Orlu, Orsu and Oru East to add unprecedented electoral value to his aspiration “to dethrone the Saul of our time and enthrone King David in Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency in 2027.”
He said “Over the years of irritating political culture, our mothers and women have been turned into political Wizkid— hired to sing and dance at political rallies while their children suffer.
“Our youths have been turned into thugs, forced into all kinds of criminalities and political orphans — abandoned for 4 years, only remembered to eat crumbs during campaigns. Political servitude against our mother’s/women and youths in Orlu/Orsu/Oru East federal Constituency and Igboland at large must stop as you elect me to this privilege position to be the servant of the people.
“It is time to go back to the rudiments of leadership. The people must be the masters, while leaders are the servants of the people.
To lead is to serve, and to be served is to be the master.
“The people are the masters. This is my ideology, this is my belief, and this is my strength. I was born to serve the people,” Comrade Igboayaka affirmed.
“I therefore call on all men and women of goodwill — in Orlu, in Orsu, in Oru East, and across Igboland — to key into this aspiration.
“This is not about me, it’s setting up a pest of Leadership standard. This is about rescuing our constituency and our people from the grip of transactional politicians who have sold our future for personal gain. Let us salvage Orlu/Orsu/Oru East and Igboland at large together” Comrade Igboayaka concluded.
