eritvnews: Nnia Nwodo’s Replacement Will Emerge From Enugu – Ohanaeze Youth

The Ohanaeze Youth have disclosed that there is no going back to the suspended Nnia Nwodo than to replace him.

The Youth Wing of the apex-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Tuesday hinted that a replacement for the embattled President-General of the group, Chief John Nnia Nwodo is on the way.

It could be noted that the Youth Wing and the Women wings of the Ohanaeze had on Sunday announced Nwodo’s suspension as the President-General. Nwodo had also said the two wings lacked the powers to suspend him.

But in another statement which was signed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, President, Ohanaeze Youth Wing, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, Secretary General, and Comrade Achuonye Obinna, Vice President, they said there was no going back on Nwodo’s suspension.

While hailing the intervention of prominent Igbo leaders over the crisis rocking the Igbo group, they, however, said for the Ohanaeze to move forward, Nwodo should remain suspended, while an acting President-General should be appointed from Enugu State to complete his term.

The statement reads in part, “we, the leadership and members of the Ohanaeze Youth Wing, OYW, hereby wish to inform our teeming members, supporters and reading public that the war declared against our fold and freedom of thought and association by the self-estranged and suspended President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo who wanted to force the Ohanaeze youth and women wings into his political lobby camp for the actualization of his Northeast anointed presidential candidate and for our vehement opposition to one person lording it over on Igbo nation just to make a living, has finally yielded fruits.

“Some respectable Igbo elders, leaders of thought, captains of industries and intelligentsias have not only intervened but agreed to convene and as well invited us to this weekend’s “SAVE OHANAEZE NDIGBO” meeting in Owerri, Imo State, with the intent to strategize and reposition Ohanaeze Ndigbo, for the return of Igbo cultural nationalism, pan social order and rule of sensible leadership cum mutual respects for the integral organs and compact leadership in Ohanaeze Ndigbo. We will attend, to brief them more on Nwodo’s charades in veil of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

“We are also made to know that there would be likely change of guards in the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and election of a national Acting Steering Committee of Ohanaeze Ndigbo with a vibrant and good headed Enugu state citizen, to complete the tenure of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo presidency presently zoned to Enugu state.