The Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, on Friday,
said the Southeast must unite and dialogue with the Western and Southern parts
of the country.
The body said dialoguing with other regions was the only way
the Igbos could get anything from Nigeria.
In a statement signed and forwarded, Amb Tony Chiemelu
Obizoba, the Director-General Strategic Planning and Implementations of
Ohanaeze, said the Southeast must stop threatening other tribes and regions.
Obizoba cautioned those making derogatory remarks about
other regions and attributing them to Ohanaeze to desist.
He said, “Having been through the many discrepancies
resulting from the cacophony of voices and which has had adverse effects on the
fortunes of the race, we are hereby making it clear to Nigerians and
constituted authorities in the country that the only legitimate body that can
speak on behalf of Ndi Igbo in terms of matters of importance is the Ohanaeze
Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide being the one registered by the Corporate
Affairs Commission (CAC) and so recognised by law to do so.
“We also must seize this opportunity to dissociate ourselves
as Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide from those divisive comments such
as threatening the sovereignty of Nigeria, other tribes and regions should Igbo
not get what it desires in the project called Nigeria on the time they are
specifying, mainly 2023 elections.
“Our position on the forthcoming general elections is that
Ndi Igbo, if they need any position, should build bridges and consult widely
within the various divides, not asking anybody that has declared interest to
drop his interest and wait for Ndi Igbo to come and present its candidate.
“We urge our people that if we must have a stake in the
project called Nigeria, then we have to begin to build bridges with immediate
effect. We have to build a wider consultation from the stakeholders of Ndigbo.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo is urging all stakeholders to unite as one,
dialogue and consult widely with the North and West to be able to establish
their presence and cordial relationship before talking of attaining any certain
position.
“So, we are not going to play along with the other group of
people calling themselves Ohanaeze Ndigbo and who are asking those that have
declared interest to run for the presidential seat to drop their ambition.
“From the foregoing, we notice that people are battling from
all angles to hijack this Ohanaeze Ndigbo for their own selfish interests and
this is happening especially from the illegitimate groups and some of the few
governors trying to outshine the legitimate body that is Ohanaeze Ndigbo
General Assembly Worldwide. We will, however, not allow them to do so, whoever
intends to do business with Igbo should know that transacting with such
illegitimate groups means being on one’s own.
“As for us, we will continue to urge our leaders to build
bridges and consult widely with the various divides to be able to discuss, if
actually, we want this project Nigeria to succeed. This is because you cannot
talk of the Nigeria project and then you say you don’t want to talk to the
North or the West. It means you are just talking to yourselves, it is not done.
A paradigm shift now is a must.”
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