The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has urged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to accept the position of running mate to former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, if the African Democratic Congress (ADC) intends to defeat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. OYC’s National President, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, made the call…
The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has cautioned the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu against what it described as a vendetta against the Igbo people living in the state and their properties. Ohanaeze in a statement issued on Sunday by Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Chinemeze Ohia, its Deputy President General and National Spokesperson alleged that 2,753…
President General of the apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Senator John Azuta Mbata has called on the Federal Government to urgently release embattled leader of outlawed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The call followed reports that Kanu has some for about five years developed health challenges, including hypertension. Mbata also called on the federal…
Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has stated that eligible Nigerian of Igbo extraction can contest in the 2027 presidential election. President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Senator John Azuta Mbata, who stated this, stressed that any Igbo person who belongs to any political party is free to contest for the nation’s highest office. “Any Igbo…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Friday said the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has, for the first time in 55 years since the end of the Nigeria-Biafra War, demonstrated a strong commitment to addressing the needs of the Southeast. The group declared that Igbos will support Tinubu’s re-election bid in…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the Senate bill that seeks to make the Ooni of Ife and Sultan of Sokoto the exclusive co-chairmen of the Traditional Rulers Council. The bill has passed second reading. The group said the move would exclude top traditional rulers from other ethnic groups and regions. Ezechi Chukwu, the spokesman…
A faction of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to abandon any plans of contesting the 2027 presidential election and instead support President Bola Tinubu’s second-term bid. In a statement on Wednesday, the group’s Deputy President-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the South-East cannot produce a president on its own…
Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has once again asked the federal government to free the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, after four years in detention. This was contained in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, Ezechi Chukwu, in Enugu weekend. The statement pleaded with…
Ahead of the June 12 Democracy Day celebration, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant amnesty to 1,335 repentant, nonviolent pro-Biafra agitators. Ohanaeze stated that granting amnesty to these individuals would not only position President Tinubu as a hero of Nigeria’s democracy but also secure his legacy…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in conjunction with prominent stakeholders across the South-East, has adopted President Bola Tinubu as the sole consensus candidate for the forthcoming 2027 presidential election. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation disclosed this in a statement signed by its Deputy President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and the National Spokesperson, Chief Thompson…