idupaul:

They should go and do it in ojukus house. Must de use hotels . Bunch of losers .

seanet02:

they should have been jailed for that, at least ojukwu killed a Yoruba man just because he refuse to declare war on Yoruba land

Pukkah:

Igbo summit: Police lock out Ojukwu, Ekwueme, Soludo, Ngige, others •This will not guarantee free, fair elections -Atiku

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Written by Joe Nwachukwu, Taiwo Adisa and Idowu Samuel
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
THE Igbo Nation political summit scheduled to be held on Monday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, suffered a setback as the venue was invaded by law enforcement agents acting on “orders from above.”

The participants thus decided to hold the meeting in the open, outside the hotel.
Before the arrival of prominent Igbo politicians to the Samobanko Hall, in the Concorde Hotel, where the meeting was expected to hold, the management of the hotel had locked it.

Conveners of the meeting, including Chief Jim Nwobodo, Senator Ben Obi, Chief Dubem Onyia and others expressed disappointment over the development and said such meeting had been held in Kaduna, Ibadan and Akwa Ibom, without any disturbance.

According to them, “why must the Igbo nation be treated like this? We had already arrived in Owerri for the meeting only to discover that the hotel had been sealed off. Whether under the sun or in the rain, we will hold this meeting.”

According to them, they said they did not have the intention to endorse any candidate at the meeting, adding that they were convening the meeting to discuss issues relating to Igbo affairs and generations yet unborn.

Answering questions from reporters, they said the Igbo should be allowed to present a candidate that would become president of Nigeria in 2015.

The crowd which gathered in front of Concorde Hotel by 1:00 p.m was brainstorming on the next line of action on whether to force their way into the hotel or steer clear of the venue in order to hold the meeting.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that conveners of the meeting had paid for the use of the hotel facility a fortnight ago only to reach the venue and discover the place was locked.

An attempt at the last minute to pay for another venue at All Season Hotel was not successful as the management of the hotel equally refused to allow them use the place.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that the prominent Igbo leaders that were in attendance for the meeting included Dr Alex Ekwueme, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Professor ABC Nwosu, Senator Ike Nwachukwu, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, Dr Chris Ngige and other bigwig politicians in Igboland, cutting across all political parties.

Meanwhile, former vice-president and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has warned that the much touted free and fair elections in 2011 are at risk if the emerging tactics of intimidation of political opponents is allowed to prevail.

Atiku gave the warning on Monday when reacting to the reported attempt to disrupt the legitimately organised Igbo political stakeholders conference in Owerri.

He condemned the shabby treatment meted out to the Igbo patriots that compelled them to hold their conference in the sun.

The former vice-president, who condemned the action in the strongest terms, said the harassment of dissenting voices was inconsistent with the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and the PDP Constitution, which guaranteed freedom of association and assembly.

“This certainly is not the road to free, fair and credible elections in 2011, but a familiar road travelled.

This may lead to increasing doubts about the commitment of the present administration to conduct elections that would command respect and acceptance.

“The 1999 Constitution as amended and the constitution of our great party, the PDP, have enshrined the rights of Nigerians to freely meet, associate and exchange ideas. Under no circumstance must that right be compromised,” he said.

He said it was incredible that respected and law-abiding public figures like former Vice-President Ekwueme should be subjected to public humiliation and denied their freedom to meet and associate.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/11664-igbo-summit-police-lock-out-ojukwu-ekwueme-soludo-ngige-others-this-will-not-guarantee-free-fair-elections-atiku

chyz:


The news headline is false, Ojukwu did not attend the meeting.He sent an aide.

Onlytruth:

Ojukwu was not there. Another hack report.