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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Crises Deepen Over Control of Lagos Chapter

<h4>Ohanaeze Ndigbo Crises Deepen Over Control of Lagos Chapter<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the leadership crises that have bedevilled the Igbo socio cultural and apolitical group&comma; Ohanaeze Ndigbo&comma; appear deeper especially as factions strategize to take control over the Lagos State chapter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It would be recalled that in the course of the election of Professor George Obiozor as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo&comma;Worldwide on Sunday&comma; January 9&comma; 2021&comma; a former commissioner in Imo State&comma; Engineer Chidi Ibeh also emerged as factional President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Each faction generated its key principal officers charged with the responsibility of running the affairs of the socio-cultural group&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;By the time Professor Obiozor died at age 80 on December 26&comma; 2022&comma; the Engineer Chidi Ibeh led factional executive functioned &comma; in their own belief&comma; as the authentic Ohanaeze Ndigbo&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; following Obiozors death&comma; Nigerian politician and entrepreneur&comma; Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu&comma; emerged as the new president-general of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group on April 20&comma; 2023&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;leadership&period;ng&sol;">Curiously&comma; his maiden nationwide tour which commenced with a visit to Lagos further exposed the leadership crises that have trailed the Lagos chapter&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;According to Chief Iwuanyanwu&comma; the leadership crises in Lagos between Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene and Chief Sunday Ossai was unknown to him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In an interview on the lack of clarity on the President of Ohanaeze in Lagos State&comma; Chief Iwuanyanwu said&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We have our constitution&period; Professor George Obiozor was the chairman before he died&period; Ambassador Okey Emuchay is the Secretary General&period; They handed over Sunday Ossai to me as the President of Lagos branch without informing me of any dispute&period; The report I had was that the former man&comma; Solomon&comma; who I don’t know and I have never met&comma; had completed his four-year tenure&period; This man&comma; because he probably believes that some powerful people are going to support him&comma; wants to destabilise Ohanaeze&period; This is the impression that I get from people&period; I want to make it clear that the former President General of Ohanaeze handed over Sunday Ossai to me as the President of Lagos branch&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We have had a very unfortunate experience recently&period; Out of personal interest&comma; some people are doing everything to undermine Ohanaeze&comma; which is the hope of Igbo&period; It is our hope of development and unity&period; You see a small boy jump up to say he is the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo&period; The Secretary General is Okey Emuchay&comma; who has served Nigeria in various capacities&period; He is a man with impeccable academic credentials and civil service credentials&period; Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo cannot just pick anyone as its Secretary General&period; For Publicity Secretary&comma; you have Dr Alex Ogbonnia&period; All these scoundrels who mislead the public should be reported to the police for fraud&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; Ohanaeze President&comma; Lagos State&comma; Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene&comma; who had earlier hosted Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is set to host Chief Chidi Ibeh&comma; another factional worldwide President soon in Lagos State&period;  He has&comma; in his kitty&comma; a consent court judgement which empowers him to remain in office till 2026&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;What transpire during Ibeh’s visit would indicate the direction of Lagos Ohanaeze in the years ahead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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