Iwuanyanwu not but Ohanaeze’s president-general – Official

Damian Okeke-Ogene, the vice-president of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says it has not but been determined that Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is the group’s president-general, opposite to media experiences.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Iwuanyanwu, a Nigerian politician and entrepreneur, emerged as Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s president-general after being endorsed and introduced to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State by a delegation of the Imo Elders Council on 19 April.

His emergence adopted the demise of the president-general of the Igbo group, George Obiozor, which was introduced in December.

However talking on the event on Tuesday, Mr Okeke-Ogene stated a choice had not but been taken on Mr Iwuanyanwu, Vanguard newspaper reported.

The Ohanaeze vice-president stated Imeobi —- the very best decision-making organ of the Ohanaeze —- would meet on 30 April, to take “far-reaching choices” on the brand new management of the group.

He stated Mr Iwuanyanwu‘s reported emergence as Ohanaeze president-general doesn’t come up “as a result of it’s the Imeobi that can determine” on the problem.

“For now, individuals can speculate on something however Ohanaeze has a structure and there are excessive expectations that issues will work out properly after the Imeobi assembly on Sunday,” he stated.

Knocks over Ohanaeze new management

President-generals of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo normally emerge by way of an election performed by the final meeting of the apex Igbo group.

Mr Iwuanyanwu might turn out to be the primary president-general of the group to emerge with out an election.

Since Mr Iwuanyanwu was pronounced as the brand new president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, some Igbo leaders have continued to fault his emergence.

The critics imagine that it was improper for the Imo Elders Council to have introduced Mr Iwuanyanwu as the brand new Ohanaeze president-general to Mr Uzodinma with out being ratified on the Imeobi Ohanaeze assembly.

However reacting, Alex Ogbonnia, the spokesperson of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, advised Management newspaper, on Tuesday, that the group adopted “doctrine of necessity” in appointing the brand new president-general.

Mr Ogbonnia stated it’s only when nearly all of Imeobi members fail to endorse Mr Iwuanyanwu on Sunday that an election might be performed to elect a brand new president-general.

“Those that are kicking in opposition to (Iwuanyanwu’s emergence) haven’t met anyplace to speak about alternate options. We’d like peace in Igboland,” he stated.

Zoning precept in Ohanaeze

The place of president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo rotates amongst seven Igbo-speaking states in south-east and south-south Nigeria, PREMIUM TIMES gathered.

The South-east has 5 states particularly, Enugu, Anambra, Ebonyi, Abia and Imo whereas the south-south area has two states that are Rivers and Delta States.

Every state is to provide the president-general of Ohanaeze who would serve for a single tenure of 4 years, in accordance with an current zoning association of the Igbo group.

A state which doesn’t full its tenure because of the demise or resignation of the incumbent president-general is permitted to appoint one other to finish such tenure topic to ratification by the Imeobi Ohanaeze.

Supporters of Mr Iwuanyanwu’s emergence argue that it’s “prerogative proper of Imo State” to appoint a brand new president-general of the group to finish the remaining two years of Mr Obiozor’s 4 years tenure.

Mr Iwuanyanwu hails from Atta, a neighborhood within the Ikeduru Native Authorities Space of Imo State.

The speedy previous president-general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mr Obiozor, hailed from Awo-Omamma in Oru East Native Authorities Space of Imo State.

He was the tenth president-general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo.