Nwodo’s rejection tears Ohanaeze youth wing apart

Ahead of the 2019 general election the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ohanaeze Youth Congress (OYC) appears to be heading for the rocks following a vote of no confidence passed on the president of the parent body of the Igbo apex social cultural organisation, Nnia Nwodo.

This is as the South-South leadership of Ohanaeze youth wing has dismissed the rejection and ultimatum handed to Nwodo by the national leaders of OYC.

In a statement signed by OYC President, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and Okwu Nnabuike, the Secretary General, on Monday, the group had accused Nwodo of allegedly mortgaging the interest of Ndigbo.

The group in the statement passed a vote of no confidence on Nwodo and gave him seven days to appear before the Ohanaeze disciplinary committee to explain and answer for his alleged ignoble role.

OYC leadership said that the decision was reached at a meeting of the group held in Enugu, where they also accused Nwodo of sidelining other members of the Ohanaeze National Executive Council.

But in his response, Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, Coordinator of Ohanaeze in South-South, described the claim by OYC as baseless and false and accused Isiguzoro and other executive members of the group of misleading the public.

“We were surprised that some defunct members of Ohanaeze Youth issued a statement accusing the President General of meddling into 2019 presidential elections.

“To state the facts, the allegations are fabricated by expelled members of the youth group at the national level to attract public sympathy; there is no truth in the allegation. The President-General has been working at uniting Igbos all over the world and recently was in Bayelsa as part of his efforts in restructuring and repositioning Ndigbo in a restructured federation.

“Nwodo also waded into leadership crisis in Ohanaeze Ndigbo Bayelsa chapter, is this what they call politics? The President-General categorically said that he was not interested in personal gains from the struggle for restructuring, so the allegation is a mere ploy by disgruntled persons parading themselves as Ohanaeze youth leaders.

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“The National Executives of Ohanaeze Youth Wing was dissolved by Ime-Obi and National Executive Council of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in 2017 and we are getting set for elections later this month, so they are misleading the people.

“The leadership at the state levels in the South East and South-South condemn and dissociate ourselves from the statement and frown at the disrespect to our revered elders and leaders in Ohanaeze Ndigbo, our parent body.

“We urge the errant youths to refrain from using the media to discredit the organisation and show commitment towards building of a united front for Ndigbo,” Arthur-Ugwa said.

 

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