There is no Ohanaeze youth wing - Nwodo's aide
The special adviser to the president general of Ohaneze Ndigbo group, Chief Emeka Attamah, in a statement released in Enugu state on Thursday dismissed a claim by the two that they were officials of Ohaneze youth wing.
- The Igbo socio-cultural group has called on Nigerians to disregard statements made by the "so-called" youth wing of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo
- The Igbo group said the youth wing of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo does not exist
- Emeka Attamah, the special adviser to the president general of the group also said that associating Nwodo with politics could only be the handiwork of some politicians
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on Nigerians to disregard statements by one Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Okwu Nnabuike claiming to be president and secretary of the youth wing of the association.
The special adviser to the president-general of Ohanaeze, Chief Emeka Attamah, in a press release in Enugu, dismissed a claim by the two that they were officials of Ohanaeze youth wing.
Attamah said the group would not join issues with the two men but needed to clear some misrepresentations that they made. He said the men, in search of cheap popularity, cast aspersions on the person of the president-general, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo.
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He said that the youth wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo was dissolved in 2016 by Ime-Obi led National Executive Council, while the tenure of the women wing expired in 2017. He said the so-called Ohanaeze youth wing executive did not exist as the new executives for both the youth and women wings would soon be elected.
Attamah said the National Executive of Ohaneze Ndigbo existed at the instance of the General Assembly, which had demonstrated confidence on the executive committee led by Nwodo.
According to him, Nwodo had continued to enjoy the confidence of the National Executive Council of Ohaneze Ndigbo.
He said the president-general was the only member among the executive prohibited by the constitution from participating in party politics. He said it was preposterous to imagine that Nwodo could romance with any political aspirant, let alone determine his choice of a running mate.
Attamah said that associating Nwodo with politics could only be the handiwork of some politicians.
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NAIJ.com earlier reported that the youth wing of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo group had in a statement backed a former minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma's call to self-defence.
The group said the youth wing of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo will always defend the Igboland.
The president of the group, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the youth of the southeast region are ready to defend the region.
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Source: Naija.ng