Ahead of the 2019 general
elections, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo appears
to be heading for the rocks.
This is as the various wings of
the Igbo group are heading for different direction over their stand on the
election.
The OYC statement followed its
meeting held in Enugu, where it passed a vote of no confidence on Nwodo, who
they accused of sidelining other members of the Ohanaeze National Executive
Council.
The statement was signed by OYC
President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the Secretary
General.
It read it parts: “It is with
great sense of dismay and clear picture of the present debased Ohanaeze
politics that we the fledgling members of the Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC,
summoned an emergency security meeting and met today, April 2nd, 2018 being
Easter Monday, because it has dawned on us and every other conscious Igbo that
the President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo has not only lost
leadership mantle but veered out of the way and is hell bent to push the
Ohanaeze and Ndigbo to a political cul-de-sac.
“We averred that it is high time
Ndigbo rose up before Nwodo commits political suicide that would burn our hands
and identity and it will only need articulate youths and wise elders and technocrats
to rescue Ohanaeze Ndigbo from Nwodo’s clique and thereby, save Igbo Nation
from plausible political suicide.”
The statement claimed that “out
of 24-man executive of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nwodo uses an illegal organ of Forum Of
States’ Presidents against the Constitution Of Ohanaeze to subdue, intimidate
and humiliate other Ohanaeze Ndigbo executive members and thereby, forming a
cabal and constituting a menace against the democratically elected members of
Ohanaeze youths and women.
“In view of the foregoing, we the
Ohanaeze Youth Wing, OYW presently at the receiving ends of Nwodo’s political
forays and not in a haste to adopt or support any presidential candidate to
avoid a repeat of the Igbo’s 2015 fate choice, that he pressures for, hereby,
passed votes of no confidences on Chief Nnia Nwodo and his Ohanaeze Ndigbo
presidency and we give him 7 days to appear before the Ohanaeze Disciplinary
committee to explain and answer for his political infidelity against Igbos.”
They listed what they called issued
before Nwodo to include: “Why did he go against the Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s tradition
and Constitution and abused his office by paying loyalty to Alh Atiku Abubakar
immediately after his election on 10h January 2017,and after he was queried by
his NEC, he told them that his 1st official visit to Atiku,a Northerner, was to
discuss the ill-health of President Buhari, who he believed is in bad
condition;
“He has rendered the office of
the secretary General Impotent, which according to Ohanaeze Constitution is the
engine room of the organization and custodian of Ohanaeze Secretariat. He
carefully appointed Director of Administration without Ime Obi approval thus
assuming the powers of Secretary General through his political appointee,
Director of Administration;
“He has closed down the Publicity
Department of Ohanaeze by not giving the Publicity Department the liberty which
his friend the spokesman of Afenifere enjoys, rather he is now the President
General and Publicity Secretary using his media aide against the official
spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo;
“He has failed to audit the
accounts of Ohanaeze within the last 12 months against the Ohanaeze Ndigbo
constitution, which recommends for a periodic audit and accountability.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo is a social
cultural organization but he has converted it into a political organization; he
already has a presidential candidate from the Northeast and is trying to impose
him on Ndigbo through his deceitful message on restructuring, and will
subsequently bring his brother as the running mate;
“The height of disgrace was at
the handshake Across the Niger; in the history of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, no President
General has been humiliated like him; the obvious outrage by our women going
naked in an event that had chieftains of Afenifere, Middle belt, PANDEF and
others, it is a clear testimony that he has soiled the premium position of
President General of Ohanaeze and must step aside;
“The loss of confidence from Igbo
youths, especially the Biafra agitators who have threatened to burn down South
East if Nwodo hosts any public function on restructuring, is the height of
elder’s rascality and to avert any public disturbances in any town by the
threat of Biafra agitators, and consequently declare state of emergency in any
state in South East, because of Public loss of confidence on Nwodo, he should
step aside.”
“Therefore, we the teeming
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths passe vote of no confidence on Nnia Nwodo and call
Ndigbo and Nigerians to ignore him; he should not speak for Ndigbo again until
he clears himself of these constitutional breaches he committed. We also call
on the federal government and state governors to be wary of Nwodo.
“He has seven days from April 2nd
to defend himself, or face the consequences of all he had done against Ndigbo.
He is expected to appear before the Chairman of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Disciplinary Committee headed by Crown Prince Christian Dimkpa with immediate
effect,” the Youth Wing further stated.
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