Ohanaeze Ndigbo spits fire on statement linking it with inauguration of Tinubu

Alex Enebeli

The apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has strongly condemned a statement indicating that it’s going to take part in the inauguration of President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The physique of workers talked about this on Tuesday whereas expressing alarm on the embarrassments that were typically induced to the fundamental public by those it described as maladjusted attention seekers that deploy the name of the physique of workers in most “inferior and harmful proportions”.

The physique of workers led by Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu talked about this whereas warning those the utilization of its name for public statements to desist from it, in a statement issued on Tuesday by
Dr Alex. Ogbonnia, its Nationwide Publicity Secretary.

The physique of workers had in the statement identified one Okechukwu Isiguzoro because the impostor who has been issuing allegedly on its behalf.

In its most fresh statement, Isiguzoro had talked about Ohanaeze Ndigbo will participate fully in the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu.

Isiguzoro had in the statement talked about, “the Ime-Obi Ohanaeze Ndigbo has mandated that every agitation for the 2023 election would possibly possibly peaceable near to an discontinue.

He added that “Peter Obi is the candidate of the long toddle and that no one would possibly possibly peaceable secure a fight they are able to’t enact, against Bola Tinubu.”

But the Iwuanyawu led physique of workers talked about no person has a correct to wake up and discipline a miles-reaching statement on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo with out consultations or a gather of consensus.

“Therefore, those in the back of such acts are highly ignorant of the damages they reason to themselves and the Igbo nation on a each day basis.

“They are reminded that every misconduct against the Igbo pantheon or the Imeobi Ohanaeze has its corresponding inevitable penalties,” he talked about.

The publicity secretary defined that assorted current Igbo dignitaries had appealed to such mischief makers to treasure that Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide represented the history, emotions, collectivity, spirituality, cohesion and strength of the Igbo nation.

Ogbonnia further hinted that Igbo had a definite socio-political orientation and disposition, announcing they were republican, egalitarian, deliberative, liberal and democratic.

“The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to the data making the rounds indicating that it’s going to participate fully in the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu”.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide led by Chief Dr Engr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, CFR, didn’t discipline any statement with respect to the inauguration of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Ohanaeze talked about.

Ohanaeze talked about it doesn’t wax eloquent on partisan politics, except when it turns into exceedingly important, and also doesn’t begrudge or antagonise any Igbo” for his series of political event and affiliation.

“But to implicate Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide in private pecuniary hobby is never any longer easiest unethical, incorrect and unscrupulous however, in all ramifications, connotes a felony intent,” it talked about of the claims attributed to Ohanaeze.

He alleged that one Okechukwu Isiguzoro had been making statement on behalf of the Ohaneze.

Ogbonnia added that Ohanaeze Ndigbo had deployed several draw available including reaching out to the broken-down ruler of Okechukwu Isiguzoro physique of workers for him to desist from the damages he induced to the characterize of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, to no avail.

Ogbonnia talked about Ohaneze got a courtroom divulge restraining Mr. Chidi Ibe, Prince Richard Ozobu, Isiguzoro and others from parading themselves as representatives of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

“Justice Uchenna Mogbo of the Excessive Court docket of Enugu Speak, further declared that the purported parallel election of the officers of the Nationwide Government Council (NEC) of Ohanaeze performed in Enugu Speak on the event of the defendants is illegitimate and un-constitutional,” he talked about.

(NAN)