Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo fight over Jonathan, Oduah cash gifts

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the umbrella tribal union for Nigeria’s Ndigbo may split over the cash gifts given the members by President Goodluck Jonathan and Minister of aviation, Princess Stella Oduah.


PUNCH reported that the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation has been engulfed in crisis since after a visit of its leaders to President Goodluck Jonathan.

The source, who is a prominent member of the group, alleged that the delegation received N30m from the Presidency and another N10m from the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah.

He claimed the N10m from Oduah was to appreciate the group’s solidarity for her during her ordeal over the N255m bulletproof jeep saga.

Jonathan meets Ohaneze Ndigbo leader, Chief GARY ENWO-IGARIWEY

“The cash gift of N40m, which is calculated at supporting President Jonathan for the 2015 election, sparked off the crisis. The whole fight got to the peak when leaders of Ohanaeze excluded our youths from the sharing formula.
“With the development on the ground, some very strong members of ours are pushing for a split and that could happen by the first or second week of January,” the source said.


However, Secretary General of the Ohanaeze, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, dismissed the alleged cash gifts to the delegation as “a fabrication by faceless scary minds, which should not command my comment.”