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An Igbo social-cultural group popularly known as Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said they are not in support of the Igbos breaking out of Nigeria.

This is as the group urged citizens from the Southeastern part of the country to embrace peace in the face of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, Naija News reports.

Ohanaeze said its members like every other patriotic citizen, want the election of next year to be the most peaceful.

“We will go down to the grassroots to deliver our message; you don’t equip the young men to go against your political opponents, we want them to see themselves as contestants, that’s what we are talking about,” said President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ebonyi chapter, Dr Peter Mbam.


Mbam said the body is against violent agitation in any form because the group believes in the continued corporate existence of the country.

Mbam who spoke on Monday during a press conference in Abakaliki said though Ohanaeze wants peace, the body is also against all forms of marginalisation, including social injustice and misgovernance.

Naija News understands that the event in Abakaliki was part of activities marking the 62nd anniversary of Nigeria’s independence from British colonial rule and the 26th anniversary of the creation of Ebonyi State in Nigeria.


Speaking further, Mbam said Ohanaeze as a social-cultural body representing the interest of the Igbo race both within and in the Diaspora, had the responsibility to protect the Igbo citizens in every part of the world.

He said: “As the name implies, Ohanaeze Ndigbo is responsible for the protection of Ndigbo Worldwide. There’s no part of the world where you will not find an Igbo man or Igbo people.

“In Nigeria, Ohanaeze supports all agitations that support the interest of Ndigbo and any other marginalised group. We work with governments at all levels; the federal, state and local governments to ensure that the citizens get what they expect from the leadership of the country.


“We want to make sure that their religious, economic and political interests are secured. We are advocates for a lawful approach to solving critical national problems; we believe in diplomacy and a round table approach and do not support Ndigbo leaving Nigeria.

“We still want to be in Nigeria. We want a restructured Nigeria where social justice, fairness, equity and equality will reign supreme and we want a Nigeria where we will be treated not as second-class citizens.”

Umahi’s Administration Has Done Well
Ohanaeze reiterated its support and solidarity with the Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi and his administration because of the many life-changing and human-oriented projects the administration initiated and completed.


It said: “We have taken time to appraise what our governor is doing in this state, having gone round the three zones of the state. We did that again last week as part of activities to mark the creation of 26 years of Ebonyi.

“We inspected nine gigantic projects and concluded that Umahi has performed beyond imagination and expectations.

“We were not anticipating what we are seeing now; we will provide enabling environment for his administration to succeed and do more.


“We look at the governor’s security architecture and discovered that Ebonyi is the only state where you can sleep with your eyes closed.

“We are appreciative of the governor’s empathy and sympathy for the less privileged and the strive to make life meaningful through the series of economic empowerment he gave to the youths.”

Ohanaeze further made known their position on power rotation in the state which according to them would serve the best interest of all the three geopolitical zones constituting the state and also affirmed their unalloyed support for Umahi that power should move to Ebonyi North senatorial zone.


It said: “We, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo family in Ebonyi are united. We share the same philosophy and ideology. We believe in the Senatorial zones. We are supporting our governor that power should shift to the Ebonyi North.

” It started with the Ebonyi North in 1999, moved to Ebonyi Central in 2007 and 2015 it got to Ebonyi South, it’s in line with nature with the law of equity that it should go back to the North in 2023.”

Source: https:///Ohanaeze-Ndigbo-Not-In-Support-Of-Igbo-Secession-From-Nigeria

who are this ohaneze , true no one would want to leave if the country is favouring everyone, but this set of people are clearly marginalized, they always feel maltreated nd hated.

true, they somehow show high level of arrogance but, this country will relatively be at peace if everyone is solely independent
Atiku rule the north
tinubu rule the west
obi rule the south

competition actually boost development than we can imagine.

Wow! This one loud!

So Nigeria is no longer the zoo?
Election fever, nothing we nor go hear, nothing we nor go see.

Anyways, make I wait till after election.

javaguru:
who are this ohaneze , true no one would want to leave if the country is favouring everyone, but this set of people are clearly marginalized, they always feel maltreated nd hated.

true, they somehow show high level of arrogance but, this country will relatively be at peace if everyone is solely independent
Atiku rule the north
tinubu rule the west
obi rule the south

competition actually boost development than we can imagine.

Obi or Kanu rule the SouthEast.
Nor be only South na Santana!

Felimax:
Wow! This one loud!

So Nigeria is no longer the zoo?
Election fever, nothing we nor go hear, nothing we nor go see.

Anyways, make I wait till after election.

only IPOB leadership called Nigeria a zoo NOT Ohaneze

What your comment suppose to mean??

Felimax:
Wow! This one loud!

So Nigeria is no longer the zoo?
Election fever, nothing we nor go hear, nothing we nor go see.

Anyways, make I wait till after election.

Nigeria is not a zoo, it is far far worse than a zoo, it is an Animal Kingdom

Ohaeze they are on their own.The only way out is referendum

javaguru:
who are this ohaneze , true no one would want to leave if the country is favouring everyone, but this set of people are clearly marginalized, they always feel maltreated nd hated.

true, they somehow show high level of arrogance but, this country will relatively be at peace if everyone is solely independent
Atiku rule the north
tinubu rule the west
obi rule the south

competition actually boost development than we can imagine.

Obi rule which South? Definitely not South South.

BloomingDale:
Obi rule which South? Definitely not South South.

what do u mean by "south south"
I know of south east , north east, south west,

this is another notion which should be corrected

since there is south south we should also have

north north
west west
east east.

how does it sound.

even those who introduced the compass will be laughing at our stupidity.

javaguru:
what do u mean by "south south"
I know of south east , north east, south west,

this is another notion which should be corrected

since there is south south we should also have

north north
west west
east east.

how does it sound.

even those who introduced the compass will be laughing at our stupidity.

Bros! Please, research on Nigeria's political system. We have six Geo- political zones, namely, North East, North West, North Central, South East, South West & South South.

Those occupying North central are Kwara, Kogi, Benue, Niger Plateau States, while South South is occupied by States like Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom. Cross Rivers States.

This has nothing to do with compass, it's for political purpose.

adenigga:
Bros! Please, research on Nigeria's political system. We have six Geo- political zones, namely, North East, North West, North Central, South East, South West & South South.

Those occupying North central are Kwara, Kogi, Benue, Niger Plateau States, while South South is occupied by States like Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom. Cross Rivers States.

This has nothing to do with compass, it's for political purpose.

u still don't get it,I know there are 6 geo political zones ,by that there is no way any1 in his right sense will agree it is correct, it is meant to marginalize us.

so u know the yorubas are also in the south

Felimax:
Wow! This one loud!

So Nigeria is no longer the zoo?
Election fever, nothing we nor go hear, nothing we nor go see.

Anyways, make I wait till after election.

Have Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo ever called Nigeria a zoo?Go and buy sense if you have none.