A motion to adopt President Goodluck
Jonathan as the consensus candidate of the
Igbo for the 2015 presidential election failed
at the Ime-Obi (inner caucus) meeting of the
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Saturday in Enugu.
The adoption of Jonathan as the consensus
candidate of the Igbo was not on the agenda
of the meeting, which held at the apex Igbo
socio-political organisation’s secretariat in
Enugu.
But midway into the meeting, a Peoples
Democratic Party chief, Chief Emmanuel
Iwuanyanwu, moved the motion, urging
Ohanaeze to adopt Jonathan for the election.
Iwuanyanwu informed the Ime-Obi that he
came with a message from ’90 per cent of
Igbo, who were supporting Jonathan’s
election for a second term.
He asked the meeting to give him an answer
so that he could report back to those who
sent him.
The motion caused an uproar, forcing the
President General, Chief Gary Igariwey, to
adjourn the meeting, which ended abruptly
with a shouting match between those against
and those in support of the failed motion to
adopt Jonathan as the consensus candidate.
Following the failure of the motion,
Iwuanyanwu walked out of the meeting and
drove away from the venue.
Earlier, some members of the Ime-Obi had
kicked against an attempt to extend the
tenure of the organisation’s national
executive committee to four years from the
statutory two years tenure in office.
A representative of Ndigbo in the Diaspora,
Mr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze, had told the
meeting that the constitution was amended
under the previous administration, extending
the tenure to four years.
Anakwenze alleged that those who were
challenging the tenure of the executive were
hired to cause trouble in Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
The comment apparently irked a former
national chairman of the defunct Justice
Party, Chief Ralph Obiorah, who immediately
walked out of the meeting.
In an encounter with journalists, Obioha
maintained that the tenure of the executive
had long elapsed, saying those supporting
the tenure elongation were persons, who
masqueraded under Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the
Diaspora’s umbrella, to collect N4m from the
N20m released to Ohanaeze Ndigo by
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State.
He noted that it was obvious that some
people came to the meeting with a
predetermined agenda.
A communiqué released after the meeting
however stated that the tenure of the
executive was four years.
The communiqué also explained that the
motion for the adoption of a presidential
candidate was kept in abeyance, until further
notice, as the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
was still consulting.
The communiqué reads, “The amendment of
the Constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo during
the Ime-Obi meetings of August 14, 2010 and
October 30, 2010 as well as during the
General Assembly meeting of November 6,
2010 as shown in the video tape today is
hereby ratified by the Ime-Obi meeting today
January 3, 2015, hence the tenure of the
office of National and State officers of
Ohanaeze Ndigbo remains four years.
“A committee will be set up by the NEC of
Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the issue of
reconciliation of all aggrieved parties in
Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
“The said committee shall equally look into
the issues of multiple litigation plundering
(confronting) Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
“The amendment of tenure done to the
Constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo as ratified
by the General Assembly meeting of
November 6, 2010, be published and reflected
in the constitution, which took effect from the
said date; as a substitute to the constitution
dated January 27, 2004, which has the same
contents, and is currently in use after the
amendment.
“The issue of adopting any presidential
candidate in the forth-coming presidential
election in Nigeria was raised, but kept in
abeyance as the leadership of Ohanaeze
Ndigbo is still consulting.”

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for the first time am proud of ohaneze. ndewonu. "During election, Jonathan will answer Azikiwe, Ebele and become an Igbo man and after election, Ebele, Azikiwe will vanish” ‪#‎MbakaSpeaks‬"