Tag: Ohanaeze Ndigbo

2023: Igbo presidency: “We’ll support Peter Obi; Okowa not from S’East” – Ohanaeze youth leader

Aminu Imam

The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said that it will support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi as the most competent and credible contestant to become the next Nigerian president come 2023. The group’s Acting Youth Leader, Onwuasoanya FCC Jones, said this in a published interview, yesterday. The organisation said that it will support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as the most competent and credible contestant to become the next Nigerian president, come 2023. The group also revealed that its support…

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2023 PDP Running Mate: “You’ve betrayed us” – Afenifere, Ohanaeze to Okowa

Aminu Imam

The Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) has berated Senate Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State for accepting his nomination as running mate to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. In an issued press statement signed by leaders of four groups, which include Chief Edwin Clark, for the Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) and the pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF); Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere; Dr. Dru Bitrus, the President-General, Middle Belt Forum and Prof. George Obiozor, the President-General,…

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PDP VP Ticket: Ohanaeze fumes over Okowa’s nomination as Atiku’s running mate

Aminu Imam

…Promises to teach Party lesson The Igbo apex socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has threatened to punish the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), for ignoring the South-East in picking the running mate of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Recall that earlier yesterday, Atiku announced Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate, at the PDP headquarters in Abuja. Some Igbos who believe that the region had sacrificed enough to deserve at least a VP slot from the party, are currently expressing anger over the development. Reacting to Atiku’s choice, the Ohanaeze, in a…

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2023: Ohanaeze blows hot, says S/East governors are the real Igbo enemies

Aminu Imam

The pan-Igbo socio-cultural association, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has described the South-East State governors as the real enemies of the Igbo; this follows the presidential primary election of the major political parties, All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. The socio-cultural group, who made this known yesterday, in an issued statement by its President-General, Okwu Nnabuike, said that South-East governors traded off the people’s pride and destiny for their selfish interest. The group, while lambasting the governors over the woeful outing…

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2023 Presidency: “Persuasion, not threat, intimidation can get you S/East ticket” – ACF chieftain tells Ohanaeze

Aminu Imam

The immediate-past Secretary-General of the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), Anthony Sani, has advised advocates of South-East Presidency to intensify lobby of other geo-political zones to realise their ambition rather than resorting to threat and intimidation. Sani who called on the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo to respect the rules of democracy maintained that what the South-East failed to get in the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), should not be forced down the throat of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). In a chat with newsmen, the ACF helmsman said, “Ohanaeze should…

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“We never threatened to work against Atiku, PDP in 2023 poll” – Ohanaeze Ndigbo makes U-turn

Aminu Imam

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has denied threatening to work against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 presidential election. The group was reacting to a press release reportedly made by an unnamed person, on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, which claimed the Igbos would rise against the former vice president and reject the PDP in the South-east, it was gathered. The statement was said to have been made after Abubakar defeated other aspirants, including those from the South-East geo-political zone at…

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2023: “We would no longer allow campaign for Igbo presidential candidates in North” — Arewa Group to Ohanaeze

Aminu Imam

The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), an Arewa Group, has vowed to disrupt campaign events of Igbo presidential candidates in the North after a similar threat was issued by a prominent Ndigbo group ahead of the 2023 general polls. President of NYCN, Comrade Isah Abubakar, was reacting to the threat of the apex Igbo socio-political and cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide to oppose Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on which platform the former vice-president recently emerged as its presidential candidate. Reacting to Atiku’s victory, Ohanaeze, had,…

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2023: “Atiku’ll never be President”, Ohanaeze declares

Aminu Imam

…Accuse him of betrayal, vows to stop him The apex Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will never become Nigeria’s president. The body, in an issued statement, condemned the election process describing it as an “erratic and corrupt process that was overseen by the unpatriotic Northerners against the southern part of the country” Its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, stressed that the Igbo would rise up against Atiku, adding that his presidential campaign would be rejected in the South-East. He…

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2023: Ohanaeze cautions Igbos against endorsing aspirants outside S/East region

Aminu Imam

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned the Igbos against endorsing any presidential aspirants from outside the South-East geo-political zone ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Ohanaeze warning followed the purported endorsement of the presidential aspirant and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu by an Igboman named Miracle Nwosu. Reacting swiftly to the news report, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Okwu Nnabuike, in a press conference, said the fellow behind the said endorsement does not exist in Igbo-land. Okwu…

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo slams PDP, rejects Atiku Abubakar

Aminu Imam

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has voiced its dissatisfaction with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its handling of the zoning of the party’s presidential ticket. The group warned that any attempt to manipulate the primaries in favor of Atiku will spell doom for the PDP. The group, which made its stand known via its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, noted that the National Working Committee (NWC) of PDP has milked the Igbos of votes for twenty years and that it is time for Nyesom Wike or Peter Obi, who are from the South-East…

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