Ohanaeze Expels Scribe, Ex-Youth President

• For embarrassing conduct

BY VICTOR OSOWOCHI, ABUJA – In a deft move to sanitize its leadership structure, the highest decision making organ of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the Imeobi, has sanctioned the expulsion of embattled Secretary General, Mr Uche Okwukwu, and former President of the Youth Wing, Mr Chris Isiguzoro from the body.

The apex Igbo socio-cultural and political association, in a unanimous decision, urged members of the public to stop any further interaction with both individuals on issues relating to it.

A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Prince Uche Achi-Okpaga, also advised the public to discountenance any further press releases and utterances from the discredited individuals.

President of the Anambra chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Damian Okeke, who moved the motion for their expulsion at the recently concluded meeting of Imeobi, accused both Uche Okwukwu and Chris Isiguzoro of constituting “unmitigated embarrassment to the organisation through their actions and utterances and should be expelled.”

According to the association’s spokesperson, “Chief Okeke gave an instance of Mr Okwukwu’s intransigence in his repudiation of the unanimously adopted stand of Ndigbo to endorse the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2019 presidential elections, former Vice-President Alhaiji Atiku Abubakarand his running mate, Mr Peter Obi, and his unguarded utterances against the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

“He also recounted how Mr Okwuwu invaded Ohanaeze NEC meeting with truck loads of fierce-looking and battle ready mobile policemen and insisted he was still the National Secretary General even after he had been suspended, to the utter consternation of NEC members.”

On Mr Isiguzoro, the statement said; “Chief Okeke enumerated several times Isiguzoro issued press statements that were in contra-distinction to the stand of Ohanaeze Ndigbo long after he had ceased to be the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, his tenure having expired more than three years ago.”

The National Publicity Secretary said in seconding the motion, “Deputy National Treasurer, Chief Eric Ebeh, concurred that the two persons constitute an embarrassing nuisance to Ohanaeze Ndigbo and should be expelled to avoid further intemperate actions from them.”

He further quoted Chief Ebeh as saying; “both Okwukwu and Isiguzoro should be warned to desist from parading themselves as members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.”