Tag: Ohanaeze Ndigbo

2023: Northern elders, Ohanaeze reject calls for interim govt, polls suspension

Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), and Igbo socio-cultural and political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have rejected the call for an interim national government and postponement of the 2023 elections as canvassed by elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola, (SAN). Recall that based on the security situation in the country, which has raised tension, Babalola had proposed the setting up of an interim government and a shift of the general elections next year. However, reacting to the call yesterday, the northern elders did not only reject the proposal but also urged Nigerians to…

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2023: ‘Ndigbo have cried enough, give us Presidency’, Uzodimma, Obiozor Iwuanyanwu, Nwodo, Amaechi others cry out

Aminu Imam

A cross-section of Igbo leaders, at the weekend, said the Igbo have cried enough in their quest to produce Nigeria’s President of Igbo extraction in the 2023 general elections. The leaders spoke separately during the reception in honour of the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Professor George Obiozor, organised by Governor Hope Uzodimma, at the Government House, Owerri. According to Uzodimma: “I think that the time has come for every patriotic Nigerian to rise and address the Igbo question. What cannot be taken away is that for too long, the…

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2023: ‘Northern presidency beyond Buhari will be security risk’– Ohanaeze Ndigbo warns

Aminu Imam

The South-East socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has cautioned desperate politicians working against the gentleman pact of the rotational presidency between the North and South in the 2023 presidential election. The Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, stated this yesterday, noted that they should be aware of the fact that changing the narratives with falsehood and fallacies temporarily for inordinate ambition can have disastrous consequences if achieved by 2023. According to him, “The North must consider the security implications of retaining power beyond 2023 and without any options, voluntarily concede power…

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2023: Ohanaeze rejects Atiku’s single-term proposal, vice presidential slot

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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has rejected former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s proposed single four years tenure if elected as president in 2023. The apex Igbo social-cultural group described Atiku’s proposal as a hoax. Recall that Raymond Dokpesi, an ally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, had said the former vice-president would govern Nigeria for a single term if elected as president. Dokpesi vowed to go naked if Atiku fails to hand over to the Igbos after his tenure. Reacting, Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the remark was a collective…

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2023: ‘South-East won’t accept vice-presidential slot’, Igbo leaders warn

Aminu Imam

The South-East geo-political zone will not accept the vice-presidential slot from any political party in the 2023 presidential race, according to some prominent Igbo leaders. They also warned Igbo governors and other prominent politicians in the All Progressives Congress, (APC), and Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to resist any pressure to be the running mate of any candidate in the presidential election. The admonition followed claims that some politicians of South-East extraction, especially governors, are positioning for the vice-presidential slot instead of pushing hard for the Igbo presidency. At the moment,…

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2023: “We’ll present presidential candidates for South-East” – Ohanaeze

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The Ohanaeze Ndi’gbo has suggested its readiness to present candidates from the South-East geopolitical zone for the presidential election in 2023. The leader of the socio-cultural organisation, Prof. George Obiozor, while speaking on a television programme on Thursday, noted that it is only fair for power to rotate from North to South, and the South-East getting it for the first time in Nigeria’s history. Several presidential aspirants have emerged from the zone, including former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim; Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi; former Governor…

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‘Reciting Biafra anthem in schools is open invitation for military invasion’ Ohanaeze to IPOB

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The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, yesterday, cautioned the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), on their proposed move to implement a ban on the Nigeria anthem across the South-East region and replace it with that of Biafra. Ohanaeze warned IPOB that the vocalisation of the Biafra anthem in primary and secondary schools in the zone may attract military invasion, as the Federal Government is not likely to take it lightly. Recall that IPOB’s Head of Directorates, Chika Edoziem, in his New Year message, announced a ban of…

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Insecurity: Arewa, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, MBF set agenda for Buhari

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has been challenged to go beyond “mere rhetoric” and muster the political will to end the unending insecurity and immediately restore peace and prosperity across the country. The pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Middle-Belt Forum, (MBF), the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and the Arewa Consultative Forum were among groups and individuals who, yesterday, advised the APC-led Federal Government on what to do to bring about peace as the New Year kicks off. Specifically, the MBF decried the plight of people of the Middle-Belt, who it said…

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Ohaneze Ndigbo debunks threat of no election in 2023 if Nnamdi Kanu is not released

Aminu Imam

Sequel to a statement that has gone viral on the new and traditional media, credited to the leader of a parallel Ohanaeze group, Okechukwu Isiguzuro,the apex socio-cultural Igbo organisation has angrily reacted to the said statement. Isiguzoro had been alleged to have threatened that if the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was not released this year, there would be no elections in the South-East geo-political zone of Nigeria, come 2023. To put matters straight, the Ohanaeze President-General, Prof. George Obiozor, in Owerri, the Imo State capital yesterday, told newsmen that…

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Northisbleeding protest: NEF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze knock Buhari over carnage in North

Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere and the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, have knocked the President Muhammadu Buhari over kidnappings and killings by bandits in the North. There were series of protests in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), and in some States in the North. The protesters had converged on the Ayuba Wabba House in Abuja, demanding an end to the insecurity in the region. Armed with placards bearing inscriptions that said: ‘Buhari is a weak Army General’; ‘Northern region is bleeding, Buhari…

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