Ohanaeze Ndigbo has been accused by
many of the aspirants involved in the election processes of trying to hoist a
leadership in continuation of the culture of corruption, impunity and lack of
focus which characterized the two previous regimes of the group. Some have
taken their complaints and observation to the leadership of IMC. IMC have been
at the forefront of fighting corruption within Ohanaeze leadership and have
received valuable information which suggests electoral fraud.
The plot to scheme some suspicious
‘scratch my back, I scratch yours leadership’ was hatched immediately
after the Igbo Day Celebrations of September 9th when the Gary
Igariwey and Joe Nwaorgu led leadership deliberately failed to constitute the
electoral panel till a time in December, when it will be devoid of fairness.
The Prof Anya O Anya led electoral
commission held its first meeting on the 29th of December where they
fixed the local gout congress for Jan 4th, State Congress Jan 6th,
and National Elections for January 9th.2017. Imeobi Meeting
was hurriedly convened on the 31st December, 2016, to give the election date a
semblance of legality.
Igbo Mandate Congress have learnt
that three aspirants are contesting for the President General Slot vis Chief
Nnia Nwodo (former Minister of Culture and Information ), Rear Admiral Allison
Madueke (Former governor of Anambra State and Former Chief of Naval Staff) and
Prof Chiweyite Ejike,(former Vice Chancellor, Anambra State University of
Science and Technology (ASUTECH) and later Pro-Chancellor, FUTO, Owerri) Though
IGBO Mandate Congress sees these three gladiators as capable of leading Ndigbo,
the body frowns at the process which is skewed to favor a particular candidate,
Igbo Mandate Congress learnt that
Governor Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is in support of Nnia Nwodo and is ready to
provide needed logistics, Nwodo is supposed to provide experience. Igbos in
Lagos who felt marginalized over the years that Ohanaeze abandoned them to
their fate, believe in the candidature of Allison Madueke while Igbos in Diaspora
and Igbo professionals and intellectuals believe that Prof Ejike will bring
intellectual and administrative flair to Ohanaeze leadership out of numerous
scandals.
IMC believes that any Ohanaeze
leadership which comes through fraudulent process, will use fraudulent means to
keep the office The two immediate past regimes were characterized by
allegations of fraud, scamming Ex President Jonathan of billions of naira for
endorsement at the expense of serious negotiations on critical infrastructural
development of Ndigbo.
IMC knows that the second visit Ohanaeze had with
Jonathan IN January 2015 yielded some cool cash which was shared at Chelsea
Hotel, Abuja. The second batch of the money was brought into the Ohanaeze Secretariat
where there was a free for all fight for Jonathan’s cash.
The financial indiscipline
which led to the dissolution of the Ohanaeze Youth Council was as a direct
result of the grievances of the Isiguzoro led Ohanaeze Youth Council
which believes that while billions was being shared among some select elite for
Jonathan elections, the youth wing was a paltry given N2 million naira to
share. They therefore decided to seek funds anywhere and anyhow to run their
group.
Igbo Mandate Congress is ready for
any action, legal or otherwise to preserve the integrity of Ohanaeze if a level
playing field is not provided.
Rev Obinna Akukwe
Director General. Igbo Mandate
Congress IMC
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