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The Youth Wing Of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Issues 7day Ultimatum To Chief Nnia Nwodo To Clear Himself Or Resign
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.
We reported that the Ohanaeze Youth Congress, OYC, in a statement
issued on Monday accused the President General of Ohanaeze, Chief Nnia Nwodo of
mortgaging the interest of Ndigbo.
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 in 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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