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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Prominent leaders in Igboland on Wednesday gave president general of Apex Igbo Socio cultural organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor thirty days from today (May 11, 2022) to reconstitute the executive of the body or face rejection by Ndigbo. But the organization in a swift response, via its National Publicity Secretary, Dr
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Some concerned members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo have initiated moves to reconcile the warring factions in the organisation following the January 10, 2021 election in Owerri, Imo State that produced Prof. George Obiozor as President-General. x
Certain persons, who purchased forms to contest various positions in the organisation, had earlier withdrawn from the race, alleging a plot by the former leader of the organisation and some South-East governors to impose an executive for Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
Before the Owerri meeting, a faction of the organisation had claimed that it conducted an election in Enugu that produced Chief Chidi Ibeh as President-General. Since then, the Ibeh-led faction and that of Obiozor had functioned on parallel lines, even as those who withdrew from the race due to alleged irregularities had remained neutral.
We want the Igbo nation to remain in Nigeria.
He affirmed his support for Nnamdi Kanu, but stands for the unity of Nigeria if we urgently restructure the country and return to true federalism, believing that this will stop agitations in the country because restructuring and our return to federalism, which is essentially a constitutional matter will settle all the contentious issues that provokes agitation. In his words;“all the trouble we are having now are a product of our skewed constitution, once we have a constitution that is agreeable and acceptable to all there will be peace, and there will be no ground for Nnamdi Kanu or anybody to want to break away from Nigeria. We want the Igbo nation to remain in Nigeria. The attitude towards the presidency is selfish, so there should be serious changes in our constitution before any elections. We must have the courage to tell our northern brothers who pretend that everything is all right because they are in-charge that everything is no