Politics
OHANAEZE CRISIS: Youth, women wings have no leadership –Nwodo
President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has tagged his supposed suspension by the youth and women wings of the Igbo apex body as a deception, saying that both wings have no leadership at the moment.
Ohanaeze Youth Congress (OYC) and the women wing of the group had in a statement at the weekend announced the suspension of Nwodo over his alleged failure to appear before a disciplinary committee set up to probe the Ohanaeze president-general’s alleged gross-misconduct.
The group had in its meeting earlier last week, passed a no confidence vote on Nwodo and gave him a seven-day ultimatum to appear before the disciplinary committee to clear his name on allegations that included, abuse of office, running a one-man executive, partisanship and lack of transparency.
Nwodo had then replied that the tenure of the youth leadership had expired and questioned the ground for his being summoned.
However, after the youth and the women wing announced his suspension at the weekend, Nwodo in a statement on Sunday through his Special Adviser, Chief Emeka Attamah, described them as “attention-seekers,” insisting that the tenures of leadership of both wings of Ohanaeze have expired.
“For the avoidance of doubt, while the leadership of Ohanaeze Youth Wing was dissolved in 2016, by the Ime-Obi and the National Executive Council (NEC) of Ohanaeze, the tenure of the women wing expired with the last executive in 2017, thereby making both of them defunct.
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“The national executive of Ohanaeze Ndigbo exists at the instance of the General Assembly which hasn’t passed a vote of no confidence in it. The office of Ohanaeze has been inundated with letters and messages on how well they have been leading Ndigbo,” the statement read in part.
The statement added that the president-general was the only person among the executive prohibited by the constitution from participating in party politics, and that “it is preposterous to imagine Chief Nwodo could romance any political aspirant, let alone determine his choice of a running mate.”
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