Tag: Ohanaeze Ndigbo

2027: Ohanaeze Ndigboagainst negotiations for IgboVPslot

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Secretary-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, has described as unacceptable suspected moves to negotiate having a South-East governor as running mate to a Northern presidential candidate in the 2027 elections. He said that clandestine activities aimed at negotiating alignment with the Igbo and Fulani leaders to position an incumbent South-East governor as the running mate to a Northern presidential candidate is without endowment of well-meaning Southern people.  In an issued press statement made available to newsmen, he stated that, This strategic move seeks to exploit Northern discontent…

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“No plan to apologise over 1966 military coup” – Ohanaeze Ndigbo

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President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said the Pan-Igbo group has no intention to apologise for the 1966 coup as it was a strictly military affair. Iwuanyanwu made the assertion while addressing newsmen at the weekend in Owerri, the Imo state capital. The leader of the Igbo apex group denied claims made by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that Ohanaeze Ndigbo was planning a trip to Sokoto State to apologise to the North over the 1966 military coup. We cant go to beg anybody. Igbos were…

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Insecurity: Beware of Jonathan treatment Ohanaeze warns Tinubu

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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deal with the insecurity confronting the nation decisively. National President of the Igbo group, Okwu Nnabuike, who gave the advice in a statement yesterday, urged the President to act fast and escape what he called Goodluck Jonathan treatment. According to him, the series of abductions in the country within the last two weeks showed a clearly designed plan to make the government lose the confidence of the people. Okwu said, When the Chibok incident…

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Provocative Statement: ACF tackles Ohanaeze Ndigbo, IPOB for demanding apology from Gowon

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Apex Northern socio-cultural group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has expressed deep offense and pain over what it called highly provocative statements recently credited to the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Indigenous People of Biafra against former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd). The ACF said it took time to digest a statements credited to Mr. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as well as the one from the IPOB calling on General Gowon, its Grand Patron, to tender apology for what the Forum referred as a nebulous sin against…

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Supreme Court overturns ACourt judgement, declines to free Nnamdi Kanu

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Unbelievable, says Ohanaeze Ndigbo The Supreme Court declined to order the release of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The apex court, in the judgement delivered yesterday by Justice Emmanuel Agim, but prepared by Justice Garba Lawal, held that the Court of Appeal was wrong to rule that Kanu could not be tried again based on the illegality perpetrated against him by the Federal Government, following the invasion of his home. In upholding the Governments appeal, the Supreme Court held that…

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Lagos Origin Controversy: Igbos are pioneers; they developed modern Lagos – Ohanaeze President, Iwuanyanwu

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President-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said that Igbo forebears are the pioneers and heroes of modern Lagos State. Iwuanyanwu, who stated this in a press briefing video that has gone viral, was indirectly responding to the comment the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, made in relation to the origin of State, which has generated controversy. The monarch had said that Lagos State was founded by the Binis. However, speaking on the role of the South-East in the development of Lagos, Iwuanyanwu said Igbo forbearers made parts of the State…

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Demolitions in Lagos: Ohanaeze urges Igbos to relocate investments to SEast

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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on Igbos resident in Lagos State to relocate their investments to Igbo land as their properties were being demolished in Lagos. A press statement issued by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, described as unfortunate the situation faced by Igbos residents in Lagos due to the ongoing demolition exercises. The group noted that Igbo land has vibrant commercial cities such as Aba, Abakiliki, and Onitsha which offer better alternatives to Ndigbo. Ohanaeze Ndigbo encourages Igbos to seize this moment as an opportunity to reassess…

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Kano: Appeal Court judgment: Be neutral Ohanaeze to Igbos

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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged Igbo residents in Kano State to exercise utmost caution and remain neutral amid the on-going political uncertainties and tensions. With pro and anti-protests surrounding the judgment of the Appeal Court, Ohanaeze advised Igbo residents in the State against participating in any of the protests. Recall that the appellate court had sacked Governor Yusuf and declared Gawuna as the duly elected governor of the State. However, the Certified True Copy of the judgment showed that the court affirmed the victory of Yusuf. However, the…

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Accept Supreme Courts verdict – Ohanaeze to Obi, Atiku

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The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has admonished Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to accept the apex courts decision in the interest of the countrys unity. The organisation urged them to give their maximum support and encouragement to the current effort of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to raise the bar of governance in the country through the implementation of impactful economic policies. The Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, made the groups position known in a statement issued yesterday, following the Supreme Court verdict affirming the 2023 presidential candidate of…

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North will work against Tinubu if PEPT orders re-run, Says Ohanaeze

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The Chidi Ibeh-led faction of the pan Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said the North will likely work against President Bola Tinubu, if the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, (PEPT), orders a re-run on September 6. In a statement issued yesterday, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, noted that Northern leadership and political leaders were dissatisfied with Tinubus Presidency and were waiting patiently for the tribunals verdict to unleash their plan. Ohanaeze added that Northern leadership shut down the planned invasion of Niger Republic by Tinubu-led Economic Community of…

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