Tag: Ohaneze Ndigbo

Ohanaeze warns FG Against embarking on Unwinnable War
Biafra, News, Press Statement, Security

Ohanaeze warns FG Against embarking on Unwinnable War

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on Thursday said those encroaching on land in Alaigbo were provoking their people and Igbo deities. Ohanaeze President General, Prof. George Obiozor, who stated this during a press conference in Enugu, declared that “there is no ‘No Man’s Land’ in Igbo land”. Obiozor warned the Federal Government to rethink, reflect and act fast before the prophecy of the “late Chinua Achebe’s book, ‘Nigeria: There was a country’ becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of a national reality and a national tragedy foretold.” Obiozor stated, “We all are aware that we are passing through one of the worse times in virtually all aspects of our national life. General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, over four decades ago, succinctly captured the mood of our nation today in his message to...
Obiozor, Former Ambassador to US, Emerges Ohaneze President
Elections, News, Nigeria

Obiozor, Former Ambassador to US, Emerges Ohaneze President

George Obiozor, a former Nigerian ambassador to the US, has been elected the president-general of Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo. The election which was conducted in Owerri, Imo State on Sunday saw Obiozor emerge the winner after seeing off two other contenders for the position. Obiozor was the Nigerian ambassador to the United States, from 2004-2008. Prior to the election, there were reports making the rounds that Obiozor had been chosen as the consensus candidate but the outgoing president, John Nwodo debunked supporting any candidate for the position. Nwodo in a statement said, “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a spurious, mendacious and malicious news item making the rounds that a candidate has been chosen to occupy the post of the Pre...
Opinion: Can we Escape this Gathering Storm? – John Nnia Nwodo
News, Nigeria

Opinion: Can we Escape this Gathering Storm? – John Nnia Nwodo

Forty-eight hours after our elections, we still have no results. There is hardly any voter in Nigeria, who does not know the results of elections in his polling booth. The INEC server is down, yanked off by INEC. Conflicting results dominate the social media. The two major national parties claim contradictory victories. Returning officers in Rivers and Imo claim to be under siege, being executed by a minister and a governor respectively. Igbos in Lagos are being threatened for exercising their civic rights to vote. This morning, they were stopped from opening their market stalls in Oshodi. The Acting Inspector General of Police refused to pick my three calls to him. The Oba of Lagos remains quiet. The Governor of Lagos State makes no broadcast. The safety of more than four milli...
Biafra: IPOB Blames, Ohaneze, South-east Governors for Operation Python Dance 3
Biafra, Human Rights, Justice, News, Nigeria, Security

Biafra: IPOB Blames, Ohaneze, South-east Governors for Operation Python Dance 3

The Indeginous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared Ohaneze Ndigbo and the South-East Governors complicit in the recently announced Operation Python Dance 3 by the Nigerian Army. Speaking on behalf of IPOB, its publicity secretary, Emma Powerful wondered why the governors and Ohaneze Ndigbo have kept silent on the issue of the operation the army again plans to carry out in the South-East. The group had earlier given a directive for a sit-at-home protest on September 14th 2018 to protest the alleged mass killings of innocent easterner by the Nigerian army. He added that, despite the fact that they were still burying their dead from the last operation, they were once again faced with yet another Operation Python Dance meant to kill more innocent and defenceless easterners. He sai...