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Ohanaeze Crisis Deepens: Rivers State Insists on Leadership Transition, Rejects Imo Tenure Extension.

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Ohanaeze Crisis Deepens: Rivers State Insists on Leadership Transition, Rejects Imo Tenure Extension.

Ekwutosblog has gathered that the Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, with unwavering commitment to our founding principles, wishes to address a matter of pressing concern that threatens the very fabric of our community’s democratic traditions. Recent reports indicate a nefarious plot spearheaded by two governors from the Southeast, who are attempting to extend the tenure of the current President General from Imo State by an additional two years. This scheme fundamentally contradicts the scheduled Ohanaeze elections set for January 11, 2025, and is an affront to the democratic processes we hold dear.

It is imperative to affirm, unequivocally, that this attempt to stretch the current Imo State President General’s tenure runs counter to the tenets of the Ohanaeze Constitution, ratified in 2004, which stipulates clear and established guidelines for leadership succession. We perceive this maneuver not only as a blatant disregard for our constitutional framework but also as a deliberate strategy designed to obstruct the seamless transition of power from Imo State to Rivers State. Such a transition is enshrined in our governance process and vital for the preservation of unity and equity within the Igbo nation.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has meticulously monitored the underhanded activities orchestrated by these governors, who have seemingly retreated from their initial commitments to support a candidate from Abia State. This retreat follows a robust backlash from the Ndigbo at home and in diaspora, particularly in response to unauthorized meetings held by certain Ohanaeze chieftains with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ogun State recently. The widespread condemnation of these meetings signals a strong, unyielding opposition among the Igbo populace against any form of constitutional dereliction.

Further intelligence suggests that these governors are mobilizing substantial resources, with the complicity of two former Presidents General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to manipulate influential Igbo elder statesmen, traditional rulers, and opinion leaders into endorsing an unconstitutional tenure extension. This sinister collaboration, shrouded in deceitful rhetoric and opportunistic alliances, seeks to install an indigene of Imo State in a move masked as a lawful succession, but which is, in essence, a calculated attempt to monopolize power and disrupt the electoral process.

It is crucial that we, as a collective body of Igbos at home and abroad, rise in solidarity to resist these insidious conspiracies. The pursuit of unity, strength, and dignity within our ranks necessitates a vigorous and unwavering response to any attempts to undermine the constitutional rights of the Rivers State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. We must declare, in a unified voice, that the upcoming elections for the position of President General on January 11, 2025, will proceed as planned, as decreed by our 2004 Constitution.

 

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Don’t expect anything good from Tinubu – Ex-APC chieftain to Nigerians

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A former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has cautioned Nigerians against expecting anything good from President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.

Lukman warned that Tinubu can’t achieve anything significant before May 2027.

He disclosed this while featuring as a guest on the Sunday edition of Channels TV’s Inside Sources with Laolu Akanda.

Lukman said Tinubu is not the kind of progressive leader he once believed him to be.

He maintained that Tinubu is governing Nigeria differently from how he ruled Lagos State between 1999 and 2007.

According to Lukman: “For you to even expect something very wonderful to happen before May 2027, I will say you are a dreamer, I will wish you luck in your dream, but if it happens, it will be a pleasant surprise.

“For me, I have reached the conclusion that I don’t think anything good is going to come out and which is why we have to start organising.

“I have said so, this country can be fixed in our lifetime, and I pray to God to give us the strength and courage to engage our leaders.”

He pointed out that the failure of the APC has made it necessary for the coalition currently being formed to be built on a very strong foundation.

“If having gone through the APC and failed, we now organise another coalition that will become business as usual, which is why this initial negotiation we are really engaging ourselves.

“So, we really have to, we owe it to Nigerians, and I am telling Nigerians that look, it is possible to fix this country in our lifetime,” he said.

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2027: Don’t cause problem, let Tinubu do eight years like Buhari – Tompolo to Northerners

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Niger Delta ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo has urged the Northerners to let President Bola Tinubu complete eight years in office just like his predicessor, Muhammadu Buhari, who cames from the North.

Tompolo, who spoke on Arise Television amid Atiku Abubakar’s campaign for coalition against Tinubu ahead of the 2027 election, said he doesn’t want anybody from the North to cause problem.

The Niger Delta leader also promised to travel to all states in the North to appeal to the people of the region to support Tinubu’s reelection in 2027.

Tompolo said, “We will do our part, even go out of our boundary to the northern part of Nigeria to talk to our brothers so that he will get his second tenure.

“Tinubu is a good person; he has the experience to bring this country to a higher level.

“I am travelling across all the northern states to appeal to them. Buhari spent eight years now. So, we don’t want anybody to cause any problem.

“Let Tinubu have his eight years too and go then we will look for another person. There is no need for anybody to say we have a monopoly of power.”

Meanwhile, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Uche Nwosu, recently insisted that the presidency cannot return to the North in 2027 because former President Buhari completed eight years in office.

According to Nwosu, the southern part of the country should be allowed to complete its eight-year tenure, just like the North did under Buhari.

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China raises national flag on disputed reef near Philippine base, escalating tensions in South China Sea

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Manila [Phillipines], April 27 (ANI): China has “implemented maritime governance and asserted its sovereign authority” over an uninhabited reef in the contested South China Sea, as it raised the national flag on the small sandbank located just a few kilometers from a major Philippine military base, according to a report by The Japan Times.

Images released by Chinese state media on Saturday depicted officers from the China Coast Guard unfolding the flag to effectively assert control over Sandy Cay reef, known as Tiexian Jiao in China, earlier this month. The reef is situated in the contentious Spratly Islands chain, which is also claimed by Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines, as reported by The Japan Times.

Sandy Cay is positioned slightly over 3 kilometers from Thitu Island, referred to as Pag-asa by Manila, which hosts Philippine military installations, including a military-grade runway and approximately 250 residents.

China‘s Global Times stated that coast guard personnel had arrived on Sandy Cay “to carry out an on-reef inspection and record illegal activities on video” while also cleaning up “plastic bottles, wooden sticks, and other litter scattered across the reef flat” as referenced by The Japan Times report.

In January, Beijing claimed that Chinese forces had intercepted and “dissuaded” Philippine naval vessels that had “entered” the waters near the reef, which they alleged were attempting “an illegal landing and sand sample collection”.

The Philippines has stated that it has dispatched coast guard vessels to the region to monitor and investigate whether China is attempting to carry out minor island reclamation projects in the area. China asserts that the approximately 200-square-meter Sandy Cay is a natural formation and not a man-made structure, granting it a 12-nautical-mile (22-km) territorial sea under international law, which would overlap with Thitu Island.

Between 2013 and 2016, China engaged in a significant land reclamation initiative in the South China Sea, constructing several military outposts in a concerted effort to strengthen its claim over roughly 90 per cent of the resource-rich waters, through which trillions of dollars in trade pass annually, as also mentioned by The Japan Times.

“One of the ironies is that China‘s interest in claiming Sandy Cay is about reinforcing the legitimacy of their claims to the adjacent Subi Reef, which now accommodates a major artificial port and airfield.

This results in lawfare that supports further expansionism,” wrote Euan Graham, a regional security analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, on X. (ANI)

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