Ohanaeze: How Governors Betrayed Mike Okiro, Selected Senator Mbata as President- Igbo Mandate Congress Report January 2025

 

Igbo Mandate Congress, a stakeholder n Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Intelligence Based   Organization, speaking against evil in Igbo lands and Nigeria, and champion of transparency in the group  in tandem with other bodies of clergy, have a point of duty to  inform stakeholders that South East Governors  betrayed former Inspector General of Police , Mike Okiro and selected Senator John Mbata as President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

 

 

Igbo Mandate Congress have already released the first report by 12 pm of Friday January 10 th berating the heist that will take place at Old Governors Lodge in the name of Ohanaeze National Elections. The mischief that took place at Old Governors lodge produced Senator Azuka Mbata as President General.

 

Igbo Mandate Congress, whose members also participate in the selection, also helped in Intelligence gathering and has knowledge of all the intrigues that hoisted undemocratic governance on Ndigbo.

 

Igbo Mandate Congress wishes anybody or group to challenge its earlier assertion that  ' Governors Hijacked Ohanaeze Elections'

 

Igbo Mandate Reports came three hours to the selection at Old Governors Lodge Enugu, and we informed many aspirants to prepare for the shock of their lives.

 

 

 

At the election venue, delegates waited for hours for the governors to come, immediately four governors, Anambra, Abia, Enugu and Imo  came, an announcement was made that the Ohanaeze constitution be suspended to pave way for a consensus list.  The option A4 proposed by the Electoral Committed was jettisoned and Senator Ben Obi( Atku’s former Running Mate) and seconded by  Chief Ikedi Ohakim , former governor of Imo State, and the candidates opinion were neither sought nor considered.

 

Drama Looms As Group Rejects Outcome Of Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo President General Election

 

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The group, in a press statement made available to Journalists through its Director-General, Rev Obinna Akukwe, alleged that the Governors conspired to keep the venue of the election secret, adding that they had warned prior that the Governors were planning to install a Senator from Rivers State.

The Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC) has rejected the recent election outcome of the Ohaneze Ndigbo President General held in Enugu. The group accused Southeast governors of manipulating the process, which led to the emergence of Senator John Azuta Mbata as the new leader of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization.

The group, in a press statement made available to Journalists through its Director-General, Rev Obinna Akukwe, alleged that the Governors conspired to keep the venue of the election secret, adding that they had warned prior that the Governors were planning to install a Senator from Rivers State.

The statement read in Part; “The venue of the election was kept top secret till Friday morning when delegates were informed that it would hold at Old Governors Lodge, Enugu. At the old governor’s lodge, team of police and DSS officials were given lists of delegates for the polls and given orders not to allow anyone inside the venue. The lists were as compiled and approved by the respective governors.”

Igbo Mandate Congress Rejects Ohanaeze Ndigbo Presidential Election

 

The Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC) has rejected the outcome of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo presidential election held recently in Enugu, alleging that southeast governors manipulated the process that led to the emergence of Senator John Azuta Mbata as the new President-General of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization.

In a press statement issued by its Director-General, Rev. Obinna Akukwe, the IMC accused the governors of conspiring to keep the election venue a secret and installing a preferred candidate.

The statement read:

Igbo Group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide

“The venue of the election was kept top secret until Friday morning when delegates were informed it would hold at the Old Governor’s Lodge, Enugu.

At the venue, police and DSS officials were given delegate lists approved by the governors, barring anyone not on the lists from entering.”

The group alleged that the governors influenced the delegate lists to ensure that only their loyalists participated in the election.

Governors Hijack Ohanaeze Elections Impose Choice Candidates.

 

Igbo Mandate Congress Reports

 

South East Governors Have Hijacked the Ohanaeze Elections of January 10^th and have imposed choice candidates on the delegates.

 

The venue of the election was kept top secret till Friday morning when delegates were informed that it would hold at Old Governors Lodge, Enugu.

 

At the old governor’s lodge, team of police and DSS officials were given lists of delegates for the polls and given orders not to allow anyone inside the venue. The lists were as compiled and approved by the respective governors.

 

From Abia to Anambra, Enugu, Imo, the governors asked their cronies to select loyal persons to represent the state at the elections. The delegates list was kept secret till Friday morning, to void other candidates, include former Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, from gaining access to them.

 

The delegates elected by the governors and their cronies were told to assemble at the Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Headquarters to collect both their accreditation tags and their payment money for loyalty.

Rev. Obinna Akukwe calls for postponement of Ohanaeze election

 

JANUARY 7, 2025

 

 

…. declares interest for Secretary General’s position

 

By Maurice Okafor,

 

A frontline activist and Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress, Rev Obinna Akukwe, has called for the postponement of the Ohanaeze election scheduled for Friday, January 10, at the national headquarter of the organisation, No 7 Park Avenue, Enugu.

 

Rev. Akukwe advocated that the postponement will enable a peace truce to be reached among the four aspirants for the post of President General namely; Chief Mike Okiro, Dim Uche Okwukwu, Chief Jackson Omenazu, Chief Fyneface Amaechi to avoid what he described as ‘cataclysmic implosion’.

He welcomed the zoning of the next President General position to Rivers state, stating that it is line with the Ohanaeze Ndigbo constitution. He, however, cautioned against monetization of the election.