Planned Deposition of Emir Sanusi; Silence of Northern Fools

Written by Obinna Akukwe

It is obvious to all that Governor Ganduje of Kano State is hell-bent on deposing Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano, what is puzzling to me is the foolish silence of Northern elites.

Foolishness of the highest order is best words to describe the ungolden silence of northern Emirs, Ulamas, elites and leaders of thought as Governor Ganduje tries to destroy a critical traditional heritage of Northern Nigeria on a vindictive mission.

In December 2014, when some foolish Igbo leaders were celebrating a 2nd Niger Bridge that will be built by Public-Private Partnership and the Igbos tolled for 25 years while other bridges across Nigeria were built 100 per cent by the Jonathan Government, I wrote a widely publicized piece titled ‘Auctioning of 419 2nd Niger Bridge and the Jubilation of Igbo Fools’. This was preceded by another one titled ‘Fraudulent Construction of 2nd Niger Bridge, another 419 on Igbo Nation’ and I lambasted the foolishness of Igbo leaders who looked like charmed people while a bridge is constructed for Ndigbo, to be paid for by Ndigbo, with just 20 percent contribution by our kinsman Jonathan’s government. Luckily, Buhari Govt cancelled the PPP criminality and is building a bridge for Ndigbo with Nigerian money and has thus far committed over N60 billion naira to the project as against Jonathan’s N5 billion .

Islamization, Emirate in Ebonyi: Guber Aspirant alerts CAN, Ohanaeze as Igbo Mandate Congress Seeks for Caution

A former gubernatorial aspirant under the banner of National Rescue Movement NRM in the just concluded governorship polls in Ebonyi State  and a Chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Rev Paschal Gold Nwaigwe had alerted the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN,  Christian Association of Nigeria CAN and Ohahaeze Ndigbo of a grand plan to install an emirate in Afikpo

In the letter to CAN, PFN and Ohanaeze made available to Igbo Mandate Congress yesterday, the politician alleged that there is a secret plot to have an Emirate in Afikpo.

 According to the statement,''From a reliable information some of our traditional rulers the Eze Ogo’s are being lobbied to accept the crowing of an Islamic Traditional Ruler, the arrangement is to institute an Emirate in Afikpo, An Ebonyi born  Moslem Imam has been slated for the Hausa Fulani traditional rulership, which in no distance will translate to an Emirate, first of its kind in the South East''.

Nnamdi Kanu, Uwazurike and Murder of Prophet Nwoko, Chukwuemeka Ugah, others: Igbo Mandate Congress Condemns Bloodletting.

Culture of Bloodletting has been introduced once more into Biafraland by agents loyal to Nnamdi Kanu, Uwazurike with regards to the murder of Prophet Nwoko, Chukwuemeka Ugah alias Okpele and other victims of internal assassinations.

We have made investigations with contacts within IPOB community and concluded that Prophet Nwoko was murdered by order from above. Six Enugu based IPOB operatives macheted him to death in orgies of murders within Biafra land which I estimate to be beyond two hundred so far. Many of the victims of such assassinations have nobody to help tell the story publicly.

Prophet Nwoko is a friend, colleague and fellow Igbo activist introduced to me by The General Coordinator of General Assembly of all Igbo Christian Organizations and Ministers (GAAICOM), Apostle Dr PCJ Macjossy in 2011 and we met severally till 2016 when we disagreed on the modus operandi of achieving Igbo Mandate or Biafra. I have alluded to that in my piece ‘Murder of Prophet Nwoko by Biafran Activists; a Curse on the Struggle’ though I do not agree with many of his prophesies, and have voiced it to him, yet I respected his sacrifice, passion and prayers for the Biafran struggle.

The Murder of Prophet Nwoko by Biafran Activists: A Curse on the Struggle

Biafran Activists acting ostensibly under the orders of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have murdered on the 16^th of April, Prophet Anthony Nwoko, a friend and colleague in this struggle to free Ndigbo from internal and external contradictions.

Prophet Anthony Nwoko was a friend and colleague in the quest for Igbo emancipation. He was introduced to me in 2011 by Apostle Dr PCJ MacJossy when Igbo clerics were negotiating with the then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan’s kinsmen on what to do for Ndigbo in return for massive support during 2011 re-election.

Prophet Nwoko followed us in the General Assembly of all Igbo Christian Organizations and Ministers (GAAICOM) when the group wrestled out Ohanaeze Leadership from the hands of state governors and ensured that Ambassador Uwechue was given a second term as President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo (not known to then Ohanaeze constitution) to help Uwechue finish the negotiations with Jonathan started by GAAICOM. This was August 2011.

Gov Umahi to Islamize Ebonyi State -Gov Aspirant Alerts CAN as Igbo Mandate Congress Seeks Probe

 …Accuses INEC, PDP of seizing his PVC, Party Agents Tag

The Governorship Candidate of the National Rescue Movement, NRM Rev Gold Paschal Nwaigwe had alerted the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo of plot to Islamize Ebonyi state which he claimed the incumbent Governor Dave Umahi has promised Buhari if he wins a second term.

This was contained in a letter he sent to CAN, Ohanaeze, IPAC on Monday made available to Igbo Mandate Congress. He told the traditional rulers and clerics in the letter that the information is for their action.

“I am using this opportunity to alert all our Traditional Rulers and all well-meaning elders in Ebonyi State; so that they will not say we are not aware of Ebonyi State islamization project. Already in Afikpo lies the biggest Islamic training Centre in Africa, and, if you are well informed, that place is actually a Terrorist Training Centre and breeding ground for jihadist insurgency. Our women have married many of the Fulani's in Afikpo, making their children Moslems from birth and brain-washed with Islamic studies and fundamentalism”

Bloodbath in Ebonyi as PDP, APC, NRM battle for Governorship: Igbo Mandate Congress Urges Restraint

Bloodbath and death toll is already mounting in Ebonyi State, South East Nigeria  as the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, All Progressive Congress APC, Social Democratic Party SDP and National Rescue Movement NRM battle for who governs  Ebonyi State come May 29^th,2019. Igbo Mandate Congress had received reports from their coordinators in Ebonyi State that the death tolls in the past three months have reached twenty.

Two persons Igwe Ukwa and Egbe Oruke, were killed recently at Amagu, ward one, Ikwo Local govt area when the agents of the PDP and APC clashed. Twenty vehicles were destroyed and thirty houses in communities in Izzi local government when thugs of PDP and APC clashed. APC had alleged that soldiers and community vigilante groups are being used to harass and kill their supporters. 

Boycotting 2019 Polls is voting for Buhari-Ohanaeze tells IPOB

***accuses PDP Govs of working for Buhari

** Igbo Mandate Congress calls for harmonized position

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council in Abuja have advised Nnamdi Kanu and the IPOB against boycotting 2019 elections, saying it is tantamount to giving the Buhari led APC another four years tenure;

Speaking with the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC,   Rev Dr Obinna Akukwe in Abakaliki  after convocation ceremony of Federal University   Ikwo, The Chairman of tthe Elders Council and former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chuekawuemeka   Ezeife said that the position of Ohanaeze is that every igbo man should exercise his franchise.

Flaying the arguments of Nnamdi Kanu that elections should not hold in the South East, ‘Okwadike Igboukwu’ said that “if IPOB says they do not want Buhari, they should vote him out. If they boycott the elections, the status quo will remain and Buhari and APC will have a free ticket to the Presidency”

;Buhari’s re-election may disintegrate Nigeria- Ezeife

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council in Abuja has said that the re-election of President Buhari may lead to the disintegration of Nigeria. The Chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders  Council in Abuja and former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife stated this when some members of the Imeobi led by the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress , IMC, Rev Dr Obinna Akukwe paid him a courtesy call at Igboukwu  on Monday.

According to Chief Ezeife, ” Ndigbo believes in one Nigeria and we do not want this country to disintegrate  but a continuation of the present arrangement with all the numerous crisis across the country could lead to a situation whereby there’s no nation anymore, therefore let us preserve Nigeria first”

Ohanaeze Cautions Nnamdi Kanu over 2019 Polls Boycott

…Igbo Mandate Congress, Pastors League Cautions

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council in Abuja last Wednesday cautioned the Director of Radio Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for asking Igbos to boycott the 2019 Presidential elections. This was part of the resolutions of the Imeobi meeting of the Council of Elders held in Abuja last Wednesday.  The body opined that the call for boycott of polls by Nnamdi Kanu was plot to frustrate the Atiku-Obi ticket and deny millions of Igbos votes capable of giving victory to the opposition.

The body decided to send message to Nnamdi Kanu in his hideout in Israel not to be used by enemies of Ndigbo to fight the Atiku-Obi joint ticket. Ohanaeze expressed sadness that the choice of Peter Obi as running mate to Atiku Abubakar is meeting with unnecessary opposition within some sections of the Igbo elites. The case of the aggrieved Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu was extensively discussed with tensions rising high during the meeting. Ohanaeze eventually resolved to send another delegation to Atiku commending his choice of running mate while the other delegation pacifies Senator Ekweremadu over his inability to be chosen to contest as Vice President.

Ebonyi: APGA Governorship Ticket Crisis Deepens as Ohanaeze Reacts

Ebonyi: APGA Governorship Ticket Crisis Deepens as

Ohanaeze Reacts

The crisis in the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has shifted from Imo and Anambra States to Ebonyi State where members of the party have threatened to leave the party on the account of the inability to present a governorship candidate for the 2019 elections.

The party faithful and leaders in all the local government areas of the state have expressed willingness to follow their preferred candidates to another party if the National Chairman of the party, Chief Victor Oye fails to intervene. Speaking to the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC,Rev Obinna Akukwe  in Abuja yesterday, some leaders of the party in Ebonyi State claimed that they came to discuss with the leadership of another party in preparation for moving out en-masse.

The state executives of the party on the 24^st of September had in a letter of notification to INEC, National Chairman and National Secretary of the party, notified them of the impeachment of the State Chairman  Mr Ricky Okoro-Uka on allegations of working for the opposition, anti-party activities , selling of membership card for N5000 naira and converting the state apparatus to a family affair. The notice of removal was signed by members of the state exco including  Mr Emmanuel Edegri (Deputy Chairman) Aja Ogbonnaya (Secretary), Mrs Amata Ebebe (Women Leader), Anyigor Malachy ( Youth Leader) Otobo Jeremiah (Abakaliki LGA Chairman), Ogbonnaya Sunday Nweke (Afikpo LGA Chairman) among others while Chief Sunday Nwode was elected as the new Chairman.

The grouse of the party  members in Ebonyi State was that their preferred  candidate, a popular youth leader, Rev Paschal Gold Nwaigwe, who had spent considerable funds in reorganizing the party apparatus in Ebonyi State in preparation to challenge Governor Dave Umahi, was frustrated out of the party, on the alleged influence of the incumbent They claimed that APGA was among the parties the Governor allegedly bought over with N2million naira each in the state in the controversial meeting of all parties with Gov Umahi and that the said governor is manipulating the party in Ebonui State with the connivance of the national leadership.

The aggrieved party members told Igbo Mandate Congress IMC that Rev Paschal Gold Nwaigwe had already spent funds millions of naira in mobilizing grass root to support APGA . Rev Nwaigwe had earlier contested for the governorship of the state in 2015 under the platform of African Democratic Congress, ADC, where he placed sixth out of fifteen candidates.. The APGA faithful believe that the National leadership of the party should have given the ticket to the popular youth leader.

Igbo Mandate Congress IMC learnt that a patron of APGA and former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife had intervened in the Ebonyi APGA crisis by informing the National Chairman in a letter that’ it is very unfortunate that APGA has no candidate in a core Igbo State like Ebonyi” and implored the former to give the vacant ticket to Rev Nwaigwe  

A National Officer of APGA told  Igbo Mandate Congress that Rev Nwaigwe refused to pay the national body the N2million naira nomination form in full and therefore is not fit to fly the ticket of the party,

The development made some aspirants who earlier wanted to contest on the platform of APGA in the state to drop the party for other parties s to the extent that only five aspirants are contesting for the House of Assembly from the party while none indicated interest in either the Senate or House of Representatives.

APGA had got crisis in Imo State where the aspirants  including the immediate governor of the state, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, Chairman of ABC Transport Plc, Mr Frank Nneji, Hon Uche Onyeagocha, Chief Charles Onyeagboka, Dr Sam Amadi, Chief Bright Nwanne.

 Hon Daniel Kanu, Hon Nick Opara-Ndudu, Chief Okey Eze, Chief Humphrey Anumudu and Mr Stanley Amuchie, an astute banker who just resigned as group general manager, Zenith Bank Plc, cast a vote of no confidence on the National Chairman Chief Victor Oye , for conducting a kangaroo primary which trumped up Ifeanyi Ararume, who decamped from the ruling APC to APGA two weeks earlier.

 In Anambra State, APGA had been criticized for asking Chief Ifeanyi Uba and Senator Ukachukwu to stand down for Bianca Ojukwu, widow of Chief Emeka Ojukwu, erstwhile Biafran leader. While Chief Ifeanyi Uba moved to another party in frustration, Senator Nicholas  Ukachukwu ignored the party and contested for the primaries and defeated Ojukwu’s widow.

 The crisis in Anambra is not yet resolved. Bianca Ojukwu wrote off the recent events in APGA as unfortunate. According to Bianca  “As a member of this party’s board of trustees, I am deeply concerned that mercenaries would appear to have hijacked the operations of our party machinery. APGA is today facing an existential threat and the overall image of our party is in tatters.

Meanwhile Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Abuja has expressed worry at the crisis in APGA. For two consecutive times, the Imeobi have described the happenings at imo, Anambra and Ebonyi States as unfortunate and a disgrace to the Igbo race.

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