Ohaneze Ndigbo Disowns IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Says He is Too Arrogant

Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Thursday descended and distanced itself from Kanu and his IPOB organisation.

Chief John Nnia Nwodo, President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, made the stand of the body known while addressing members of the Anambra State House of Assembly at the Legislative Complex, Awka, Anambra State.

Nnamdi Kanu and Nnia Nwodo
Nwodo, who was particularly not happy with the statement credited to Kanu that governorship election should not hold in Anambra in November, said Kanu had breached the undertaking he took before him (Nwodo) when he was released from detention.

“I’m just being paternal. The way I commended them as my children is the way I have the right to chastise them when they go wrong. We don’t need this heat up”, Nwodo said.

“News that reached us in the past few days that Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, has declared that there will be no election in Anambra in November is shocking and disturbing. I hereby countermand that declaration as president general of Ohanaeze.

“Whereas Ohanaeze understands the marginalisation and unfair treatment of Igbos which have given rise to self-determination movements in Igboland, leaders of these movements must not arrogate to themselves the supreme leadership of Igboland.

“Statements of the kind credited to Nnamdi Kanu are provocative, misleading and unproductive. Why should Anambra people be denied the opportunity to choose their own leader? Why should any of us who are not from Anambra, no matter how highly placed, descend to the arena and dictate for Anambra people when to vote, whether to vote or who to vote for?

“Anambra, nay Igbos, are still part and parcel of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Yes, we are not happy with our treatment in Nigeria. Yes, some of us want Biafra. Yes, some of us prefer a restructured Federal Republic of Nigeria. But the fact remains that we are still part and parcel of the present Federal Republic of Nigeria, bound by its laws, no matter how repressive or unjust”, Nwodo said while addressing the legislators.

Continuing, he said, “Our approach to reforms of our laws even if it leads to self-determination or restructuring must be lawful. We must convince other Nigerians of our point of view, we must strive to make others share our convictions.

“Our language must be civil, respectful and lead to consensus building. We must resist any attempt to turn division amongst us, as to which way we must go, become a source of altercations between us.

“As we speak very many of our people living in Northern Nigeria are in complete awe and consternation regarding how safe they will be after October 1st. Other Northerners living amongst us are also worried.

“The Inspector General of Police has taken public notice of Nnamdi’s comments inviting a possible invasion of Anambra by the Nigerian police, increasing the already existing siege of our people which lead to daily extortion on our highways. All these developments have arisen out of unguarded utterances.

“I find no venue more suited for the statements I make here. Every constituent part of Anambra is represented here. I believe that the honourable members here are competent enough to carry the Ohanaeze message to every nook and cranny of Anambra State”.

Nwodo, who said the organisation would visit other houses of Assembly in Igbo speaking states, said, “We are happy with the peace that exists here. We are happy with the steady progress Anambra has registered over the years. The next election can only improve not retard it.”

Igbos Must Not Be Divided

Earlier, Chief Willie Obiano, Anambra State governor, represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Legislative Matters, Chief Chiedozie Ezeugwa, said that the state government was committed to the Igbo cause and would continue to do everything to support the Ohanaeze in protecting the interest Igbos.

Mrs. Rita Mmaduagwu, Speaker of Anambra Assembly, and a former national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, in their speeches said Igbos should avoid being divided in whatever cause they pursue in the prevailing circumstance, adding that the time to listen to Igbos has come.

It would be recalled that on Wednesday Kanu in Umuahia, Abia State, was unanimously chosen by seven pro-Biafra groups as leader of all groups agitating for the sovereign state of Biafra.

Announcing the decision of the groups under the banner of Biafra Peoples National Council (BPNC) at Nnamdi Kanu’s country-home at Afara Ibeku in Umuahia North Council, the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu, said Kanu’s sincerity, focus and doggedness in the struggle towards realisation of Biafra made the pro-Biafra groups to ask him to lead them.

The groups, according to him, are MASSOB, Eastern People’s Congress (EPC), Biafran Revolutionary Organisation (BRO), Joint Revolutionary Council of Biafra (JRCB); World Union of Biafran Scientists (WUBS), Biafran Liberation Crusaders (BLC), Salvation People of Biafra (SPB) and IPOB.

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Posted: at 30-06-2017 09:20 AM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero

OHANEZE NDIGBO SHOULD TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO STOP KANU'S MADNESS. OJUKWU COULDN'T DIVIDE NIGERIA AND GOD WILL NOT ALLOW  THAT ARROGANT NNAMDI TO CAUSE CONFUSION IN NIGERIA.

Posted: at 30-06-2017 09:48 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming

YOU TALKED LIKE A FOOL, IN SHORT YOU ARE A PIG.
MAZI NNAMDI KANU IS FIGHTING A JUST FIGHT.........HE IS FIGHTING FOR EQUITY
WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO BE SLAVES IN OUR OWN COUNTRY, IT IS NOT DONE.
SO IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY BETTER SHUT UP YOUR GUTTER.
WHAT IS WRITTEN IS WRITTEN

Posted: at 30-06-2017 10:03 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

igbo kwenu oooo

Posted: at 30-06-2017 10:09 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

NA TODAY YOU KNOW SAY THAT GUY BRAIN NEED MANUAL....?

Posted: at 30-06-2017 10:28 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

YES HE'S REPRESENTING FOOLS LIKE YOU WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR BRAINS.... ABI YOU ALSO BELIEVE THAT BIAFRA IS THE LAST MIRACLE? YOUR MUMU LEADER SAID.. ''ASK ANY WHITE MAN, THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT AFTER BIAFRA THEN THE WORLD WILL COME TO AN END'' MY FRIEND, YOU NEED TO START SEEING BEYOND YOUR NOSE, I HONESTLY CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE CAN BE SO DUMB AS YOU ARE... BIAFRA CAN BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT ALL THESE NOISE, HATE PREACHING, AND VERBAL VIOLENCE... KANU IS GOING BACK TO JAIL, MARK MY WORDS AND WHEN HE DOES, NEVER COME ON HERE AND CRY.... AND LEARN HOW TO START USING YOUR BRAIN....

Posted: at 30-06-2017 10:33 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

KANU IS A BASTARD AND A FRAUD... I PITY HIS SENSELESS FOLLOWERS

Posted: at 30-06-2017 10:40 AM (6 years ago) | Hero

Posted: at 30-06-2017 10:57 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming

Igbo people dont listen to that man called ohaneze  he simply talking because he is enjoying the thief thief politics in nigeria listen to kanu dont vote none of u should leave ur house to vote 4 any animal, if u people can do that believe me the road will be getting clearer  i believe nigeria can divide without war  there is nothing good about the nigeria,  tell me what is good about nigeria?

Posted: at 30-06-2017 12:26 PM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

if there is anybody that lacks wisdom among you two,then it is YOU

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Posted: at 30-06-2017 02:34 PM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero