Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation says the there was no reason to deny the Igbo the opportunity of producing the next president of Nigeria due to insecurity in the South East Region.
George Obiozor, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said in his Christmas and New Year message to Ndigbo which he delivered in Owerri, Imo that though the region expressed insecurities and economic downturn in 2021, 2022 provides good things for south easterners.
According Ohanaeze, “Insecurity is a poisoned arrow deliberately fired on the south east. We in Ohanaeze say categorically that the architects of this mischievous scheme have failed woefully.
“Insecurity will not be an excuse to deny the Presidency of Nigeria to the south east in 2023.”
“Consequently Ndigbo were confronted with anger or envy ,hostility and violence at any given crisis in Nigeria and even outside Nigeria.
“Ndigbo seek Nigeria unity but not unity of slaves and masters, we seek peace but not peace of the grave yard. We seek justice because we know that throughout history those denied justice have had no interest in peace.
“Today Nigeria President of Igbo extraction is imperative and an idea whose time has come,” he added
Also speaking, the chairman of the Ohanaeze Council of Elders,Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, insisted that there is no faction in the organisation, affirming that the only recognised President is Obiozor.
“We would only be making ourselves a laughing stock if we continue to believe that there is faction in Ohanaeze,Obiozor was duely elected and it was seen by all,” he said.
