Tag: Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Ohanaeze reacts to alleged Nnamdi Kanu poisoning

Aminu Imam

…Warns against inciting another Biafra war Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday warned those planning to burn government properties in the South-East region over claims that the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is being poisoned by the Department of State Services, (DSS). Ohanaeze warned that it would not condone the destruction of government properties in the Southeast or any attempt to cause another civil war in the region. The Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, stated this while reacting to a trending WhatsApp message that some youths intend to…

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‘2023 polls, time to rewrite Nigeria’s history’ – Ohanaeze, Arewa, Afenifere youths, others

Aminu Imam

Apex youth organisations in the country, including the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yoruba Youth Council, Niger-Delta Youth Coalition, National Youth Council of Nigeria and other similar bodies, yesterday concluded what they described as “strategic dialogue’, with a call on young people to seize the opportunity of the 2023 polls to make their voices heard and also re-write the nation’s history. The leaders of the youth groups made the call at a world press conference in Abuja, with the theme: “The Youths have awakened for a…

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo mourns its President-General, George Obiozor

Aminu Imam

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has formally announced the death of its President-General Professor George Obiozor. The organisation, in an issued statement yesterday, described Obiozor as a “great achiever and perfect gentleman of immense proportions.” In the statement titled: ‘Igbo titan bows out’, issued by its National Public Secretary, Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the group said the “most endearing of the Obiozor mystique can be summarised in character; the courage of his convictions, steadfastness and uncompromising commitment to his goals.” “It is with pain and sorrow in our…

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S’East: Ohanaeze flays IPOB’s social media announcement over 5-day ‘sit-at-home’ directive

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The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has frowned at the 5 days ‘sit-at-home’ order in the South-East, declared by an unknown group. In an issued statement to newsmen by the National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, in Enugu on Tuesday, the organisation said, “the attention of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a video broadcast circulating in the social media by one Simon Ekpa directing the people of the South-East of Nigeria that “in preparation to stop the election from taking place in Biafra-Land, there should be…

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2023: ‘Obi represents body, soul of Ndigbo’ – Ohanaeze

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The Igbo socio-cultural umbrella, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has stated that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has been affirmed by it as a sole candidate of the Igbo nation in the 2023 general election. National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Dr. Chiedozie Ogbonnia, disclosed this in response to a recent doubt by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) if the people of the South-East, a region of predominantly Igbo nation have adopted Peter Obi as their adopted presidential candidate. Recall that the Spokesman of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed,…

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2023: “We’ve dragged Soludo to our deities over Obi” – Ohanaeze

Aminu Imam

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has lashed out at Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo, over his statement on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi. Recall that Soludo, in a lengthy letter on Monday, lashed out at Obi, stating that he knows that he can’t and won’t win the presidency. He maintained that Obi was not ready for the presidential race, declaring he was merely catching a cruise. However, the organisation, in an issued statement signed by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, yesterday, said it had…

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National Security: Ohanaeze opposes Danjuma’s self-defence call

Aminu Imam

The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has kicked against the clamour for everyone to be allowed to acquire firearms in Self-defence against bandits and other criminal elements in the country. Recall that prominent Nigerians, including retired Army chief, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), have been clamouring for firearms for self-defence to enable Nigerians defend themselves against insecurity. But, in an interview in Enugu, the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, said allowing everyone to own firearms at this time in Nigeria’s history will be counter-productive. Ogbonnia noted…

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“Don’t take Atiku serious over 2027 Igbo Presidency promise” – Ohanaeze 

Aminu Imam

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and other prominent leaders from the South-East geo-political zone have advised Nigerians not to take the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku seriously over his pledge to cede the presidency to the zone in 2027. Recall that Atiku has said, in a rally in Enugu, that he would support Ndigbo to win the Presidency in 2027 in return for the region’s votes for him in 2023. Reacting, the Ohanaeze said no person from South-East or of Igbo extraction would take that advice seriously. In…

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“Rig out Obi in 2023 and face crisis much worse than #EndSARS” – Ohanaeze Chieftain warns

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Former Anambra State chairman of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chris Eluemuno, has warned that rigging the 2023 general election would result in a crisis worse than the #EndSARS demonstration. Eluemuno, who stated this to newsmen at his country home in Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Oyi local government area, Anambra State, on Thursday, said that for the fact that there will not be room for rigging the election, in light of the new Electoral Act provision, Obi is favoured to carry the day, because according to him, “Nigerians know that among all…

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2023: Ohanaeze APC Group mobilises for Zulum, Tinubu/Shettima in Borno

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the 2023 presidential and governorship elections, the Ohanaeze APC Support Group, in collaboration with the ‘Solidarity of Youth for Peace and Development’, has flagged-off mobilisation of the electorate for the second-term bid of Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, in the upcoming 2023 general election. The group also announced its unflinching support for former Governor Kashim Shettima, the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and vowed to actualise Governor Zulum’s second term bid and the Tinubu/ Shettima presidential ticket come the 2023 general election. Speaking at…

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