Tag: Mike Okiro

Ohanaeze Presidency: “Stay off; it’s Rivers turn” – IPOB warns Okiro

Aminu Imam
IPOB warns Okiro

The proscribed group,  Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has cautioned former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, to stay-off the election for the next President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Reacting to the endorsement of Okiro by a faceless group: ‘Ogbako Egbema’, IPOB warned against disrupting the zonal arrangement in electing Ohanaeze’s President-General. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said some influential people in Imo State are behind the move to rubbish Okiro’s integrity and that of Ohanaeze. In an issued statement he signed, Powerful noted that it is the turn of Rivers State to…

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Ohanaeze Rivers chapter endorses ex-IGP Okiro for President-General ‘s job

Aminu Imam
Ohanaeze endorses Okiro

Rivers State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has endorsed former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, for the position of President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. The group made its endorsement Friday, ahead of the organisation’s upcoming election slated for January 10-11, 2025. The endorsement came on the heels of the zoning of the leadership position to Rivers State after the tenure of Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu, who was appointed to complete the term of the Late businessman and politician, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who hailed from Imo State. Speaking at the event held in Port-Harcourt,…

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