CULTURE & TRADITION

Do You Know That John Mbata, Ohanaeze President General Is Not An Igbo Man—Ogbakor Ikwerre Worldwide, Confirm

Do You Know That John Mbata

OpenLife Nigeria reports that following the stripping of all the honours and tittles bestowed on Senator John Mbata on account of accepting to serve as President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide by Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation Worldwide, Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene, President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos has cautioned the Ikwerre group to stop denying their true identity.

Chief Aguene confirmed, in this interaction, that Senator John Mbata is his Igbo brother stressing that should the Ogbakor group not withdraw their ill advised decision, Mbata would be honoured with numerous traditional titles in Ebonyi far and above what Ikwerre offered

 

Sir, John Mbata who recently became President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide has been stripped of all his titles and honours by his Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation Worldwide through a statement signed by the President of the association, Eze Godspower Onuekwa. What can you say about this as one of the Igbo leaders especially as President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos?

First of all, it is laughable. Of truth, Ikwerre people are of Igbo extraction.

The new Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General, Senator John Mbata is an Igbo man.
Don’t mind those few Ikwerre people who feel that their brother, Igbo man, will not be the President of Nigeria one day.

Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene, President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos advises Ikwerre people not to deny their Igbo identity

They are challenging God but we will see. If the south east governors, the traditional rulers, Ndigbo in general had refused to give someone from Ikwerre the position of President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the same few people will be making crying calls to the whole world of marginalization on social media.

That is to tell you that the visible devil is human being.

My brother, Senator John Mbata is an Igbo man.

Sometime last year, 2024, what the Rivers people were saying on social media was that Ohanaeze Ndigbo stakeholders and Igbo Elders Council Worldwide wanted to deny them their birth right by bypassing them to give a state that should take over after they have served their tenure.

Today, Senator John Mbata from Ikwerre has emerged as President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

Now, they have ostracized him because he claims his ancestral home which is Ikwerre, an Igbo land.
Well, if they disown Senator Mbata, I will take him to Ebonyi State because he is my Igbo brother and we will give him all the traditional titles in Igbo land even more than what Ikwerre people have given him.

Senator John Mbata would be honoured with numerous titles in Ebony if Ikwerre people do not withdraw their threats

Some of these Ikwerre people who claim not to be Igbo are these who cannot compete with the spirit Igbo is known for, especially in driving positive things in the area of progress and business.

Is someone not misleading himself by bearing Igbo name and claiming not to be Igbo?
Example is the name of the leader of Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation, Eze Godspower Onuekwa.

There is no other tribe in this world that answers Eze Onuekwa apart from Igbo.
I think that report about Mbata may be fake news.

All the names of Ikwerre people right from the time of their ancestors till date are Igbo names and they speak Igbo language.

They have no other language. Their intonation may be different just like other South East states with multi dialects.

In all, there is general Igbo language which everybody speaks including the Ikwerre people.

Igbo traditional symbol

The four Igbo market days, namely- Nkwo, Eke, Afo, and Orie even started from Ikwerre.
Igbo people are the most honest tribe in the black race.

That is why they develop anywhere they find themselves in the world more than any other tribe without fear.
Is it not a sign that they are honest?

An honest businessman will always prove his identity with whoever he wants to deal with and that what Igbo businessmen do.

There are Igbos in Edo, Benue, Kogi, Bayelsa States including Congo and other parts of the world who are driven by Igbo spirit.

Late Dr. Akanu Ibiam with other leaders prepared Ndigbo for greatness

Immediately you have contact with an Igbo man, you will know even without hearing their names.
When you look at the people who are proud to be Igbo in the whole world, Ikwerre people is just like the smallest family.

But like I said earlier, it is just those few ones who claim not to belong to Igbo that lack progress.
Not to worry, these few ones who deny Igbo identity feel that is the only way they can be relevant in Nigeria’s politics. They are suffering from inferiority complex.

My question is: Which tribe and community are they going to claim when Igbo take over the governance at the federal level of Nigeria?

But I thank God for the United Igbo Elders Council Worldwide who stood their ground that the next Ohanaeze Ndigbo President should come from Rivers, precisely, Ikwerre and it has happened.

United Igbo Elders Council Worldwide brings fresh air into Ohanaeze Ndigbo

I am happy with this United Igbo Elders Council Worldwide because what they are doing now is what Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe Azikiwe, Sir Akanu Ibiam, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, R.B.C. Okafor, Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu etc are doing to Ndigbo when they were alive.

Not to worry, with United Igbo Elders Council Worldwide, Ndigbo will be repositioned again.

 

 

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