Nnia Nwodo, president of proscribed Ohaneze Ndigbo Tony Okafor, Awka A new Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly has been registered wi...
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| Nnia Nwodo, president of proscribed Ohaneze Ndigbo |
Tony Okafor, Awka
A new Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly has been registered
with the Corporate Affair Commission and purportedly taken over the leadership
of the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation.
The traditional ruler of Igbariam in Anambra East Local
Government Area of Anambra State, Dr Nkeli Nzekwe, announced this on Sunday
while inaugurating the new group in his palace and himself as its Board of
Trustees chairman.
This is as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief
Nnia Nwodo, described the new group as rabble-rousers and buccaneers, adding
that Igbo people were wise enough and cannot be deceived by such group.
Speaking, Nzekwe said the new order was that the Igbo group
had become a legal personality that could sue and be sued and no longer a
self-serving platform.
Speaking, Nzekwe said henceforth, the new leadership would
pilot the affairs of the Igbo worldwide to the exclusion of anybody on the
saddle before the incorporation of the group.
He said, “Today, I welcome the newly inaugurated members of
National Executive Council of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide led by
Basil Onyeachonam.
“As the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the organisation, I
call on Ndigbo all over the world to join hands together and make Ohanaeze
Ndigbo great again.
“I’m one of the founding members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in 1976.
After the Nigerian civil war, some Igbo patriots and I came together to discuss
the way forward for Ndigbo with the good intention to unite Ndigbo under a
common umbrella body.
“This initiative was much welcomed by our people considering
the maximum displacement of Ndigbo during the war and its aftermath. Our
principal aim then was specifically to unite Ndigbo and speak with one voice.
“It was unfortunate that the organisation later lost its
principal focus and degenerated to a political tool in the hands of some greedy
politicians, which created room for the formation of several Igbo
organisations, due to lack of confidence in the affairs of Ohanaeze.
“On the 25th of November 2019, some notable Igbo
stakeholders visited my palace to discuss the way forward on how to restructure
Ohanaeze Ndigbo and give it a corporate legal status instead of merely existing
as a pressure group and a political tool in the hands of few individuals.
He said throughout the 44 years of the existence of the Igbo
apex group, it was not registered at the CAC nor recognised by notable
international bodies as a corporate personality.
Nzekwe added, “I am glad to announce to the general public
today (Sunday) that Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly is now registered with the
Corporate Affairs Commission with the RC NO: 144918, under the present
leadership of Barrister Basil Onyeachonam as the President General.
Reacting, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief
Nnia Nwodo, said the new group was being used by some politicians to cause
disaffection in Igbo land, adding that the Nwodo-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo was able
and intact.
Nwodo added, “Ohaneze
does not need such registration they are talking about to function as an
entity. The Igbo group has been in existence before most of those boys were
born.
“The young men are just being used to create confusion in
Igboland. The Chairman of our BoT is Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe.
Prominent Igbo leaders are in Ohanaeze; Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Prof Ben Nwabueze,
SAN, South-East governors, among others. So, what are they talking about?”
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