CULTURE & TRADITION

I am the authentic President of Ohanaeze Indigbo Lagos – Aguene

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Ohaneze Ndigbo&comma; the socio cultural organization of South Eastern Nigeria&comma; has been embroiled in crises&comma; resulting into the emergence of factions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Chief &nbsp&semi;Nnamdi Nwigwe odenjinji&comma; KSC&comma; has claimed&comma; over and again&comma; that he is the President Ohanaeze Indigbo Lagos state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">But in a chat&comma; Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene&lpar;Udochia&rpar; denied the existence of faction in Lagos Ohanaeze Indigbo saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There are no crises in the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Lagos State and no faction&period;  I am the authentic and elected President&comma; Lagos Ohanaeze Indigbo&period; As comedians may say&comma; everything about Igbo man is commercial&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">But when reminded of Chief &nbsp&semi;Nnamdi Nwigwe’s claims&comma; &nbsp&semi;Aguene explained that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No one is claiming to be the President of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Lagos State&period; But by birth&comma; every Igbo person is Ohanaeze&period; However&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t know the name you mentioned because I have not seen such name in our register&period; In our rule&comma; you cannot contest any position in Ohanaeze if you are not a financial member&comma;” he clarified&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He however&comma; added that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Please if you come across anyone who wants to use Ohanaeze president to extort money from politicians&comma; please contact the police and make sure he gives you the number to call national president&comma; Chief Bar John Nnaya Nwodo&period; By doing that&comma; you will be rewarded by Lagos Ohanaeze and the national leadership&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Aguene further stated that the cultural association&nbsp&semi; would be organizing a remembrance event for late Francis Adekunle Fajuyi&comma; first military governor of Western Region who died alongside Major General Aguiyi Ironsi&comma; &nbsp&semi;then &nbsp&semi;Head of State and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Ibadan &nbsp&semi;on July 29&comma; 1966 during a military coup that ousted that government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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