The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has dismissed reports claiming it advised Peter Obi to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race.
The group also refuted allegations that it urged northern
leaders not to support Obi’s presidential ambition.
In a statement issued on Tuesday its National Publicity
Secretary, Dr. Ezechi Chukwu, Ohanaeze described the claims as acts of mischief
by “street urchins”.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been alerted to a misleading
report circulating on social media alleging that the apex Igbo body warned Mr.
Peter Obi against contesting the 2027 presidential election,” the statement
said.
“It also claimed that Ohanaeze cautioned the North against
backing his candidacy. We wish to categorically state that such a mischief-driven
and misleading statement did not emanate from the dignified apex Igbo body.”
Chukwu noted that the statement was the handiwork of a group
he described as “clandestine starving street urchins who parade a phantom,
ludicrous brown-envelope Ohanaeze, with POS as their address”.
He emphasized that Ohanaeze Ndigbo, under the leadership of
credible figures such as Senator John Azuta Mbata (President-General), Prince
Okey Nwadinobi (Deputy President-General), and Emeka Sibeudu
(Secretary-General), could not have issued such an “ignominious” statement.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo is committed to the wellbeing of the Igbo
nation and national development through justice, fairness, and equity,” the
group reiterated.
“We remain non-partisan and have not taken any position on
the 2027 presidential election or endorsed any candidate.”
The group urged the media and the public to disregard
statements from “incurable mercenaries unconscionably parading the Ohanaeze
brand to execute the pecuniary bidding of their political paymasters”
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