Ohanaeze President-General hopeful, Obiozor, slumps in meeting
Raphael Ede, Enugu
There was palpable tension on Sunday at the emergency Ime-Obi meeting of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo following the sudden collapse of the leading contestant for the group’s president-general, Prof. George Obiozor.
The meeting held was called to resolve differences arising from the 40-man list of electoral committee members for the 2021 election of Ohanaeze Ndigbo submitted to Ime-Obi Ohanaeze by the President-General, Chief Nnia Nwodo, on December 6.
Obiozor, 78, had earlier been endorsed by Imo State stakeholders as their consensus candidate.
During the meeting, he was said to have started shivering where he was seated and someone close to him called for help.
As Ohanaeze leaders meet in Enugu today.
On 6th December, 2020, the Imeobi Ọhanaeze, the policy making and elite inner caucus organ of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization met at the iconic Nike Lake Resort Hotel, Enugu.
The meeting which was packed with Igbo heavyweights including Governors/Deputy Governors, Senators, Ministers, etc went well with the President General, Chief Nnia Nwodo presenting his impressive score card at his valedictory Imeobi .
Unfortunately, the atmosphere got charged when it got to the last but most important issue - the setting up of an Electoral Committee for the Ọhanaeze Election to choose Nwodo s successor, next January.
Obiozor absent at interactive session
By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor
FOUR of the five candidates seeking to succeed Chief John Nnia Nwodo as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, unfolded their agenda for the Igbo Nation just as they kicked against the emergence of Professor George Obiozor as the Imo consensus candidate for the position.
The quartet – Professor Chidi Osuagwu, Dr Chris Asoluka, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, and Chief Goddy Uwazurike, spoke at an interactive session between the people and the president- general candidates organized by the Coalition of Igbo Organisations led by Mr. Ngozi Odumuko.
Former Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Professor George Obiozor, who was recently endorsed by Imo stakeholders as the consensus candidate, did not participate.
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