UPDATED: Obiozor emerges new Ohaneze Ndigbo President
The Ohaneze election took place in Owerri, capital of Imo State.
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A former Nigerian ambassador, George Obiozor, has been elected as the new President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation.
Mr Obiozor, a former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Israel and Cyprus, polled 304 votes to defeat his closest rival, Valentine Oparaocha, who polled 15 votes.
The election took place at the Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri, capital of Imo State.
It followed a motion by A. B. C. Nwosu, seconded by Ben Obi, dissolving the John Nwodo-led executive of the organisation.
A factional Deputy President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dimm Uche Okwukwu had advised Ndigbo against taking part in any election being organized in Imo State in the name of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
This is coming after Okwukwu was elected alongside others at a parallel Ohanaeze election, which was held in Enugu on Saturday, under the Prince Richard Ozobu election committee.
Another election is underway in Imo State, being conducted by the Chief Garri Igariwey committee.
But in a statement he made available to DAILY POST on Sunday, Okwukwu said the tenure of Chief Nnia Nwodo-led executive had expired and that as such, it lacked powers to spearhead an election.
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The election of executives into the Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Executive Council in January 2021 will be marred by political sellouts and betrayals until the curse placed on them by Apostle Dr PCJ Macjossy is lifted.
Apostle Dr PCJ Macjossy, a Pentecostal Church leader popular among gospel ministers in the South East, who sponsored the establishment of many independent churches , ministries and deliverance missions around Igboland was the General Coordinator of General Assembly of all Igbo Christian Organizations and Ministers (GAAICOM), an umbrella body of Igbo clerics and gospel minded professionals .
Apostle Dr Macjossy at some point, gave out his Ministries to people, and went into the calling of aligning the Igbo Hebrews of Nigeria with Their Ancestral Roots and Covenants With God. With the support of notable Igbo Clerics, the body National Council of Igbo Ministers was formed in 2002, later renamed General Assembly of all Igbo Christian Or