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Ohanaeze election: Crisis looms over venue
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…Election must not hold in Govt House Ikokwu
…Polls can hold in any Igbo state Ahamba, Ogbonna
…Scribe fixes Imeobi meeting in Owerri
By Clifford Ndujihe, Chinedu Adonu & Chinonso Alozie
Controversy has continued to trail the Ohanaeze Ndigbo election over the venue for the exercise, with some Igbo leaders kicking against plans to hold the election in Owerri, Imo State.
The leaders, who spoke on the banner of Global Igbo Leadership, GIL, said in the history of Ohanaeze a state producing the president-general does host the election.
Also, an elder of Ohanaeze and a member of the Ime-Obi (inner caucus) of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Chief Guy Ikokwu, cautioned against the Ohanaeze election being held at the Government House, Owerri.
By Clifford Ndujihe
An elder of Ohanaeze and a member of the Ime-Obi (inner caucus) of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Chief Guy Ikokwu, has cautioned against the Ohanaeze election being held at the Government House, Owerri.
Speaking on the controversies trailing holding the election in Imo, which is producing the president-general and the emergence of Professor George Obiozor as the consensus candidate, Ikokwu said the issues were discussed at Ime-Obi meeting, recently.
He said it was agreed that the election should be held in Owerri because the Ohanaeze secretariat in Enugu is under reconstruction.
“However, the election must be for at least three candidates. It must be by secret ballot and must not be done in the Government House. It had happened before when the Ebonyi State Government refused to endorse Chief Enwo Igariwey. The election was held in Enugu and by secret ballot, Igariwey beat the Ebonyi State Government candidate,” he said.
By Musa Baba Adamu
The Secretary-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Barr. Uche Okwukwu, on Monday, declared that with the current crisis rocking the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the South-East clamour for Nigeria presidency was at risk. Okwukwu, who has been in a battle with the Chief Nnia Nwodo-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, spoke to journalists in Enugu. It got to a height when the Nwodo-led Ohanaeze said he had been suspended, but Okwukwu said he remained the scribe of the Igbo umbrella body. He said the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization was also heading for imminent factionalization. He spoke in reaction to the fresh inauguration of new members of the Ohanaeze Electoral Committee. The newly reconstituted committee has former Ohanaeze President, Garry, Enwo Igariwey as Chairman.
The Secretary-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Barr. Uche Okwukwu, on Monday, declared that with the current crisis rocking the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the South-East clamour for Nigeria presidency was at risk.
DAILY POST reports that Okwukwu, who has been in a battle with the Chief Nnia Nwodo-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, spoke to journalists in Enugu.
It got to a height when the Nwodo-led Ohanaeze said he had been suspended, but Okwukwu said he remained the scribe of the Igbo umbrella body.
He said the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization was also heading for imminent factionalization.
He spoke in reaction to the fresh inauguration of new members of the Ohanaeze Electoral Committee. The newly reconstituted committee has former Ohanaeze President, Garry, Enwo Igariwey as Chairman.
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