The Secretary General of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, Uche Okwukwu, has described the endorsement of Atiku Abubakar by the apex Igbo socio-cultural body as its presidential candidate as a huge joke and an activity of fifth columnists.
Okwukwu disclosed that members of the Ohaneze had been charged to commence suspension proceedings of their National President, Chief John Nwodo, over his personal endorsement of the PDP presidential candidate.
Speaking with newsmen in Awka, Anambra State, yesterday, the secretary general said there was no meeting of Ime-Obi Ohaneze where the body endorsed any candidate for Ndigbo.
“Ohaneze Ndigbo never held a meeting of the Ime-Obi where we endorsed any candidate for the 2019 presidential election.
“Secondly, if we organise the Ime-Obi meeting, we inform members beforehand, and in the meeting, we also set up a communique committee that drafts the resolution or communique arising from the meeting which will be presented before the general house for ratification,” he said.
“No such thing was done, and anybody purporting to have had any Imo-Obi meeting where Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was endorsed as our presidential candidate is on his own,” he said.
According to Okwukwu, Ohaneze Ndigbo as a body would soon hold the Imo-Obi meeting where it would discuss which presidential candidate to endorse.
Okwukwu, however, said it would be in the interest of Ndigbo to support President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office as the most possible route for their people to get to the Promised Land.
