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Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Presidential Battles: Candidates Must Come From Igbo Speaking Parts of Rivers State-IPEC

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As the battle for who wears the crown of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo president,IPEC has warn that the candidature of Okiro(Formal IGP) does not follow the Constitution of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo since he hails from imo State.

The Igbo Province Executive council passes vote of no confidence on the coming Ohaneze election; advices Rivers contestant to reconsider their candidacy.

The council maintains that featuring a candidate from the south East in an election whose slot is for Rivers state damages the founding principle of Ohaneze aimed at equity and curbing over politicking hence the rotational presidency.

The council noted that while by Nigerian constitution, it may be considerate for citizenship to be affiliated to the mother’s state, however in Igboland, citizenship is patrilineal (attached to the father) and Ohaneze is going the part that will put many unique aspect of Igbo culture to a test.

The Okpara concept is strong in Igboland. It is only in few Igbo communities that a man is allowed to take up the citizenship of the mother’s community and that is usually when the bride price of the mother is not paid and even at that the said son can’t aspire for certain position in the mother’s community. Again, a candidate with strong ties with the south East will definitely have an upper hand in an election where southeast is responsible for over 80% of the voters.

The council also recognizes the right of full rivers contestants to go ahead with the election if they so desires but noted that they stand no chance against a veteran like former ISP of Nigerian police from Imo state irrespective of how one chose to look at it.

The council cautioned Ohaneze’s Ime Obi to go back to the drawing board and consult elders of AlaIgbo before taking a step that may undermine the very fabric of our culture and threaten the integrity of the institution (Oheneze) due to politics.

The institution also advised against inflammatory statements as the fragile peace in AlaIgbo needs to be preserved. For those who prefer to continue with the contest, best wishes, those who feel aggrieved may use appropriate channels to seek redress.

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Ihedioha Is a Troubled Man…. — Sam Daddy, Ready To Harvest The Soul Of Imo PDP! – Ambrose Nwaogwugwu

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Ihedioha Is a Troubled Man….

— Sam Daddy, Ready To Harvest The Soul Of Imo PDP!

No matter how one hides pregnancy in the belle of a woman, somehow someday, the belle will surely protrude and that is the exact love-lost situation with Ihedioha and his cult like mobs of Imo PDP.

You read me right, Imo PDP has become a personal cult group under oath with Ihedioha feudally acting as the AL capone.

Like a typical cult like group, they seem to be under oath not to associate with anything that is un-Ihedioha project not minding the fact that as a party, they ought to be fair to all parties and leaders.

A few days ago; a distressed Imo PDP party person reached out to me crying how Sam Daddy and his faction were not invited to an event that could otherwise be called a “party” event.

This person said that it was not that no invitation was extended to Sam Daddy and co but Ihedioha adherents in the party purported stakeholders meeting who spoke during the event took turn in deriding Sam Daddy.

It was an insult too many, lamented this person.

Like I and so many others have highlighted in the past, Ihedioha is a man who has eternal unforgiven spirit; he neither forgives nor forget. He is an extreme bitter man who would always take his pound of flesh whenever opportunity arises irrespective of the fact that there could have been a ‘reconciliation’ in the past.

We brought that to the fore; Ihedioha fought against the nomination of Sam Daddy at first – He led a media assault on him when he was nominated as a sole candidate for the south east…. Ihedioha mobilized Anambra PDP because of his closeness to Peter Obi but when it dawned on him that Sam Daddy got more states supporting in the south east, he beat a retreated and pretended like he supported him.

They disowned media reports earlier issued and had a face value relationship that never lasted.

Knowing it was a game over, Ihedioha had no other choice but to pretend in Abuja before the national leaders of the party that all were well but those of us who are critical analysts know that it was the beginning of the end of the political road for the mbutu born electoral dupe.

Ihedioha, in his usual fake laughter and dances were all over the place pretending to support Sam Daddy but such marriage of strange bed fellows never last.

It was not sooner rather than later that the keg of gun powder in Imo has began to explode.

Sam Daddy has left Abuja to Owerri; no single soul in Imo PDP welcomed him back as triumphant winner who won the party national position for national secretary which was zoned to the south east.

At least, this position was not zoned to Imo State alone but the entire South East but somehow, Imo managed to get it, was it not deserving of some special celebration of sort by his home party?

Sam Daddy quietly entered into Imo like an orphan, instead of welcoming home ‘one’ of their own who triumphed at Abuja, state Exco of Imo PDP were rather following Ihedioha to burials.

As if that was not enough, Sam Daddy embarked on a wild chase charade of what could be called political evangelism to woo people back to PDP — this should be an important party function but like an orphan, Sam Daddy went all alone, just with his few aides in the laughable political crusade.

Now, they have done what they called party “stakeholders” meeting and not surprisingly, Sam Daddy was not invited as he, as the number one PDP man in the state (by protocol) was no where to be found in the state ‘party’ function.

That is Ihedioha for you, his penchant to witch hunt his foes at any given opportunity is second to none as he neither forgives nor forgets.

He has not yet forgiven Sam Daddy for wrestling against him in 2019 and any of the present party exco who dares go against the directives of Ihedioha not to identify with Dam Daddy shall be included in his perpetual books of foes.

But Sam Daddy is currently with the party structure, he cannot work with those who do not want to see him exist politically.

As he currently have the eyes of those that matter in the national, expect a sweeping change in the Imo PDP structure soon…..and that will herald the end of Ihedioha’s politics.

Ihedioha is a bad commentary, don’t be like him…..he is everything of what a politician should not be, politics is meant to be a game but for Ihedioha, it’s a matter of soul and bitterness.

Ambrose Nwaogwugwu.
January 07, 2022.

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Former minister exposes cabals in Aso Rock

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Former Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has disclosed that the cabals around President Bola Tinubu are smarter, more dangerous and powerful than those around former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Dalung disclosed this while speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday evening.

Dalung explained that during Buhari’s time, the people influencing him were not very educated.

However, Tinubu’s cabals are skilled, educated, and know how to control power.

Dalung cited the capacity of members of the cabals around Tinubu to manipulate power, build barricades around the president, and stifle information and human traffic from the president.

He said:

”Muhammadu Buhari was a stranger in his own government and that government was run jointly by the current president because he nominated about 5 ministers .’

”President Bola Tinubu’s cabal is made up of sophisticated and ambitious people who have a very long history in power. They are experienced, and they have a sound knowledge of what power is.”

But the Presidency has repeatedly dismissed rumours of cabals in Aso Rock, maintaining that President Bola Tinubu is hundred per cent in charge of the governance of the country.

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Why Southeast leaders did not discuss Nnamdi Kanu’s release with Tinubu

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Lawmaker representing Udenu/Igboeze North Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Dennis Nnamdi Agbo, has explained that the issue of Nnamdi Kanu’s release was not brought up during President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Enugu due to time limitations.

Agbo who spoke during a television interview pointed out that the matter had been extensively addressed by various stakeholders, including governors and Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

The Labour Party lawmaker also noted that Governor Peter Mbah used his time with the President to highlight the state’s development, including its infrastructure and use of technology.

He added that with many others already speaking on Kanu’s release, there was no need to revisit the topic.

His words: “The issue of Nnamdi Kanu has been raised in various fora. Various people have spoken and made requests concerning Nnamdi Kanu. Ohanaeze Ndigbo, governors, different people have spoken about this particular subject. So the Governor of Enugu State had a very remarkable opportunity to push forward the issue of the development of Enugu State, the infrastructural development, the harnessing of technology to drive our development.

“He invited the President to observe and see, witness what he is trying to do to develop our state. And I think that because you can say, as you have already said, that the issue of Nnamdi Kanu has been belabored, it didn’t need a repetition. It didn’t need to take the little time or the amount of time that the president had to spend in Enugu State.

“I think that enough requests have been made, emphasis has been made, issues have been joined on that particular matter. And I didn’t think that it was necessary for him again to come and start driving home, the same point again that many other people have made.

“He had a lot of things to say about the development of the state, the educational sector, the employment of technology in fighting crime, infrastructural development, and so on and so forth.

“So I think he managed his time very, very well and focused attention on those things that maybe not too many people have spoken about or come from the angle that he is coming from. And I think that was a very good use of time, of the President’s time.”

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