Nigeria Awaits Released Gowon's Son

27th November, 2016

Daily Post reports that the Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC) has disclosed its to made to accord Musa Gowon a warm welcome.

The IMC stated that it has informed its members in the U.S to guarantee that “this rejected son of Igbo woman, abandoned to a life of twenty two years in jail, due to acts not unrelated to her mother’s disapproval of indiscriminate murder of civilian by Federal Troops, is not left without roots.”

The statement reads in part: “Musa Gowon was born out of a courtship gone awry between former Head of State Yakubu Gowon, then a Lieutenant Colonel and an Igbo Girl by name Edith Ike-Okongwu while he was still a bachelor. This relationship between Gowon and Edith Ike ended in the heat of the civil war. It is widely believed that the relationship broke off after Federal Troops bombed Aba General Hospital with NAF Napalm Bomb on July 14, 1968 killing more than 500 patients.

Ohanaeze, saboteur of Igbo nation – IMC, IPOB

December, 5th, 2015

Dissatisfied with the role of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in matters concerning the Igbo nation, especially its position in the recent protest by the In­digenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the alleged kill­ing of about 5000 members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sover­eign State of Biafra (MAS­SOB), during the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, an Igbo cultural organisation, Igbo Man­date Congress (IMC) and IPOB yesterday, described the Ohanaeze as saboteurs who are only interested in enriching themselves at the detriment of the Igbo peo­ple.

While fielding questions from newsmen in Onitsha, Anambra State, the Director General of IMC, Rev. Obin­na Akukwe said, “left for the Federal Government, the abandoned infrastructur­al decay in the South East would have been worked upon, but our problem is that the Ohanaeze Ndigbo that claims to represent us will on presenting our prob­lems to the Federal Govern­ment demands money, and keep their mouth shut after collecting the money”.

He hinted that Ohanaeze had quarreled over sharing formular for the money they collected on two occasions during the administration of former President Good­luck Jonathan.

“These Ohanaeze and Igbo politicians should be held responsible for the de­cay in infrastructure in the South East. Their sense of insensitivity keeps us in this pity condition.

“I was even told that some people spent the money for the rehabilitation of Enu­gu/Onitsha Expressway, and that is why it remains in this messy condition till now,” he stated.

56 Bishops witness burial of Rev Pa JMJ Emesin, Father of Igbo Pentecostal Movement, as Igbo Mandate Congress Commends Massive Turnout

30th April, 2016

More than fifty six Bishops mostly from the Anglican and Pentecostal Blocks attended the burial of Rev Pa JMJ Emesin, Father of Igbo Pentecostal Movement at Aguleri yesterday.

The massive turnout of sympathizers created some issues especially with crowd controls even as the officiating clerics unanimously asked God to engrace whosoever will take over the baton as the leader of the Pentecostal movement in Igbo land to follow after the pious footsteps of Pa Emesin. 

The Governor of Anambra State and the Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, South East respectively, Chief Willie Obiano and Archbishop Professor David Ebelechukwu, , though unavoidably absent, to attend to urgent security matters, sent high powered delegation. Eze Chukwuemeka Eri, Traditional Ruler of the Nri Kingdoms and custodian of Igbo-Jewish heritage and ancestry, was present with his chiefs to pay homage to the sage. Pa Emesin died at the age of eighty five.

 Bishops who thronged the burial stadium include Rt Rev Johnson Ekwe., Anglican Bishop of Niger West Diocese, Rt. Rev.Ralph Okeke ( Anglican Bishop of Ihiala Diocese), Bishop Paul Nwachukwu, (General Superintendent , Grace of God Mission), Bishop OC Dominic (National Evangelical Mission), Bishop Godwin Ezenwafor (Royal Family Church), Archbishop A.A Nwodka (Throne Cathedral), Bishop Tony Okeke, Bishop Emma Obiora Bishop Goddy Nnaji, Bishop Tim Obidike, Bishop Raph Ndife (PFN Chairman, Anambra State),

Igbo Mandate Congress mandates Uwazurike to render account of stewardship

December 19, 2015

As crisis among the Pro-Biafra agitators deepens, the Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC), a socio-cultural Igbo Organisation, yesterday in Onitsha, Anambra State, posited that for peace to reign supreme in Igbo land, the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), which changed to Biafra Independent Movement (BIM), Chief Ralph Uwazurike, must render account of 16 years of stewardship.

Addressing newsmen, Director- General of IMC, Rev Obinna Akukwe, revealed that the splinter groups that include Biafra Zionist Movement, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Uchenna Madu- led Faction, among others were exploited by Chief Uwazuruike for 16 years.

He said: “Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC) and General Assembly of all Igbo Christian Organisations and Ministers (GAAICOM), had in the past three to four years been authorised by leading Igbo clerics and opinion leaders to wade into the feud between Uwazurike and his complaining lieutenants over mismanagement of financial issues with the intentions of ensuring that the South East is not turned into a bloody zone as a result of sharing formula. IMC and GAAICOM had expected Uwazurike to have appreciated our past interventions, and made his financial dealings with his boys more transparent so that his lieutenants would stop salivating and gallivanting around.”

Igbo Mandate Congress Condemns Multi-Billion MASSOB Business Empires

2nd December, 2015

 Igbo Mandate Congress IMC has condemned the self inflicted break-up of MASSOB into two factions as a result of inequitable sharing formula of the Multi-billions of naira and millions of dollars accruing to the group over the years.

At this time when Pro-Biafra protests started by few IPOB faithful and joined by numerous frustrated and marginalized Igbos of South East Nigeria is drawing international attention to the sorry state of Igbo Nation, what is least needed now is the distraction of a MASSOB break-up.

The Founder and leader of MASSOB, Chief Raph Uwazurike was yesterday expelled from the body by a faction of the group, and sworn in a new helmsman in the person of Uchenna Madu, former National Director of Information. Madu was one of those who have served Uwazurike and MASSOB faithfully from the beginning and deserves better treatment from ‘Chief’.  IMC had learnt over time that Madu and his supporters were kept in the dark over the billions MASSOB was garnering in the name of Biafra. IMC had known over the years that Madu and his loyalists were the fifth group to abandon Uwazurike’s MASSOB on account of financial impropriety.

Igbo Mandate Congress Commends Gowon For Accepting Igbo Son After 48 Years Of Abandonment

March 28, 2016

Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, has commended Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon for accepting responsibility for the paternity of his Igbo Son, Jack Musa Ngonadi Gowon, after forty eight years of denial, abandonment, victimization and slander. Gowon had in a signed statement two weeks ago, accepted paternity over his Igbo son, after 40 years of civil war.

Igbo Mandate Congress recalls that Jack Ngonadi Musa Gowon was jailed by the United States authority twenty two years ago, due to drug related offences. IMC believes that Musa Gowon was a victim of tribal hatred, frustration and rejection which led to loss of over two million Biafrans civilians between 1966 and 1970, including a torn love relationship between her mother, Edith Ike and then Head of State Colonel Yakubu Gowon.

Igbo Mandate Congress have initially made arrangements, as disclosed publicly, in the press release of November 25th to accord Musa Gowon, a rousing welcome, whenever he was released by the US Immigration authorities, en-route Nigeria.

Igbo Mandate Congress noted that Edith stood by her Igbo kinsmen in correcting senseless murder of two million people and sacrificed her prospects of being a First lady, in defense of innocent civilians, mostly children..

Rev Pa JMJ Emesin, Father of Igbo Pentecostal Revival is Dead : Igbo Mandate Congress Celebrates the transition of a gospel sain

December 31, 2015

Igbo Mandate Congress IMC announces the death of Rev Dr JMJ Emesin, father of Pentecostal revival in the South Eastern part of Nigeria.

This sad event took place on the 7th of December, 2015 at our Lord’s Hospital Ukpor, Anambra State, a day after he agreed to be admitted into a hospital, at the age of 80

Until his death, Rev Dr Emesin trained  about eighty percent of notable gospel ministers from the South East before and after the civil war  and his input was instrumental to the famous Pentecostal revival which broke out in the South East in the early seventies when preaching with Bible was a taboo in the Igbo dominated South Eastern Nigeria..  Rev Dr Emesin was the rallying point of the young generation of vibrant, tongue talking  young men and women who abandoned the world and sought for Jesus as though there will be rapture the next day. He was based in Aguleri, Anambra State where he established a bible school. He lived an austere life and shunned all manners of pleasure while constantly crying for revival in Africa.

Release Nnamdi Kanu Now’- South East CAN, Igbo Mandate Congress tells FG

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the  South East has lambasted the Federal Government over the continued detention of Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking with the Rev Obinna Akukwe, Director General of Igbo Mandate Congreess, IMC in Awka  on Saturday, the Chairman of CAN South East. Archbishop Professor David Eberechkwu described the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu against the orders of both the Magistrate and the High Court as unbelievable and inexplicable. According to Archbishop Ebelechukwu  “ Nnamdi Kanu should not be held against the orders of the court. The government should release him to avoid further protests and death”

Explaining the efforts of clerics so far to cool down tempers among the populace, Archbishop Ebelechkwu siad that “I have earlier called all these leaders of IPOB, MASSOB , about five groups in all and the leaders of CAN in the South East discussed with them and advised them to pursue the path of peace and dialogue. It is saddening to hear that after all our interventions, the Nigerian Government has not respected either our mediation  and that of other leaders which has helped to bring peace by playing with the release of Kanu”

The hate speeches associated with Radio Biafra also got the attention of the cleric who described them as vulgar. According to  Archbishop Ebelechukwu“ the words Nnamdi Kanu uses is too vulgar, in my own view, but he is yet to commit any act of violence against anybody anywhere in Nigeria, as such there is no reason for keeping him behind bars especially after the courts have said otherwise”

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Obama to deport Gowon’s son; Igbo Mandate Congress set to welcome him

It has been brought to the notice of Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC by concerned Nigerians and Ndigbo in the United States that Mr Musa Gowon, the Igbo son of Nigeria’s former Head of State,, General Yakubu Gowon, released three weeks ago from California Prisons, courtesy of  President Barrack Obama, will be deported back to Nigeria soon. Musa Gowon is now in the custody of the United States Immigration Agency and IMC is making arrangement to accord him a rousing welcome.

 

To this effect, IMC members in the US has been put on notice to ensure that this rejected son of Igbo woman, abandoned to a life of twenty two years in jail, due to acts not unrelated to her mother’s disapproval of indiscriminate murder of civilian by Federal Troops, is not left without roots.

 

The Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress, Rev Obinna Akukwe has gotten in touch with those concerned through agents to determine the actual date of deportation so that this rejected Igbo son abandoned by his father, is welcomed and given a sense of belonging

Musa Gowon was borne out of a courtship gone awry between former Head of State Yakubu Gowon, then a Lieutenant Colonel and an Igbo Girl by name Edith Ike-Okongwu while he was still a bachelor. This relationship between Gowon and Edith Ike ended in the heat of the civil war. It is widely believed that the relationship broke off after Federal Troops bombed Aba General Hospital with NAF Napalm Bomb on July 14, 1968 killing more than 500 patients..

Ohanaeze in Secret Talks at Aso Villa: Endorses Jonathan's Presidency 2015

 Ohanaeze Ndigbo met with Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan in Aso Villa on Wednesday and endorsed his plan for re-election in 2015. The meeting between President Jonathan and the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo was to assure the President that the people of the South East were behind his re-election plans. The meeting was also intended to assure the President that there is only one Ohanaeze leadership under Chief Gari Igariwey and that anybody purporting to be representing Ndigbo is an impostor.

 

Confirming the meeting Wednesday with President Jonathan, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Gari Igariwey,  told the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC) and Director of Media of General Association of all Igbo Christian Ministers and Organization (GAAICOM), Rev Obinna Akukwe in a chat that there is actually a meeting with the President but that Ohanaeze cannot take any decision on where Ndigbo is headed for in 2015 till after the town hall meeting scheduled in Abakaliki between President Jonathan and Igbo leaders on Friday. Chief Igariwey was the person who as Deputy President General of Ohanaeze Ndibo in 2011 rejected a N20 million naira bribe from agent of a presidential aide aimed at mortgaging Igbo interest. He has been under intense pressure by PDP agents to unilaterally adopt Jonathan as the candidate of Igbos just as his predecessor did but he insisted on a somewhat collective decision.