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7 DAYS TO OHANAEZE ELECTION: Confusion over parallel electoral c’ttee On By Chinonso Alozie&Nnamdi Ojiego The emergence of a parallel electoral committee for the election of a new executive committee of apex Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has been dismissed as inconsequential by Chief Garri Igariwey, chairman of the electoral committee appointed by President-General of the body, Chief John Nwodo. Last Friday, embattled Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Uche Okwukwu, had announced a 21-member electoral committee, headed by Chief Richard Ozubu. Okwukwu, who made this known in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting held in Owerri, said the Igariwey-led committee set up during an Imeobi convened by Nwodo was null and void. ....
By Musa Baba Adamu A parallel Imeobi of Ohanaeze Ndigbo held on Thursday, with Chief Richard Ozubu emerging as chairman of a 21-man electoral committee. Ohanaeze election is expected to hold January, 2021, with controversies already trailing the process. In a communique issued after Thursday’s meeting, Uche Okwukwu, the Secretary-General of the apex Igbo group said the Garri Igariwey Election set up during an Imeobi convened by Chief Nnia Nwodo-led Ohanaeze was null and void. In the communiqué signed by Okwukwu, he alleged that “unauthorized people not mandated by the Ohanaeze Constitution have hijacked the electoral process for the purpose of imposing their preferred President General. ....