CLEAR EVIDENCE! Ohanaeze Lists Proofs Tinubu Govt is Marginalising Igbo People In Nigeria
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Chanseze Ndigbo Worldwide, has accused the Federal Government of marginalising the Igbo in Nigeria. The President-General of the organisation, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, made the allegation in a statement released on Thursday
He highlighted some of the points to support his allegation to include the reduced number of states in the South-East compared to other regions in Nigeria, the least number of ministerial slats even against the federal character principle, the continued incarceration of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnandi Kanu, and destruction of Igbo businesses and items of property Iwuanyanwu also hailed the leader of Pan Niger-Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, as a respected voice of the region, adding that the elder statesman who has been fighting injustice, is mandated to speak for Southem leaders.
Edwin Clark
“South East is the only geo-political zone in Nigeria that has got only five states whereas other zones have between six and seven states “Forty-eight ministers were appointed by Mr. President. By law of Federal character, Southeast should have eight ministers but we have only five ministers while some other zones have up to 10. “All the efforts to develop railway infrastructure in Nigeria, nothing was done in the South-east in spite of the fact that our people are traders who travel a lot. Mazi Nnandi Kanu has been Incarcerated for many years and every effort to plead his release met with failure, while many other Nigerians arrested and accused of similar offence have all been released.
“According to the Federal Character Commission, the presidency is zoned to rotate between North and South instead of rotating through six geo- political zones. This has made it impossible for Southeast to produce a president when two large zones come together to deny the zone the opportunity. The presidency was zoned to the South The Southern and Middle-Belt met deliberated and resolved to zone it to the southeast. In their own opinion, justice demanded that it should be zoned to the southeast, they therefore zoned it to the southeast. Later on, southwest candidate emerged in the APC, being the political party in power Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders
Forum resolved to support an igbo candidate. This is how the support for Peter Obi came up. From the result of the election, Mr Peter Obi won clearly in Lagos, Delta, Abuja and many other places including the Middle-Belt. I must confess that the Southem and Middle-Belt Leaders’ Forum has nothing against Mr President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They were convinced in all honesty that it was the tum of the Southeast to produce the
president
When the result was announced
Tinubu was declared winner, and the
Southeast candidate went to court to
seek redress.
“However, as the Supreme Court of
Nigeria affirmed Tinubu’s victory, as
law-abiding citizens, who believe in
the rule of law, we congratulated Mr.
President and promised to give him
every support he requires to rebuild
Nigeria for good.
“It might interest anyone who cares to
know that we have manifested this in
practical terms. For example, when
many parts of Nigeria were going on
demonstration, Southeast was
approached to join but as a leader of
southeast, i made a proclamation
telling my people not to join and they
harkened to my voice and never joined
the protest
“We, in the Southeast have made
substantial investments in many parts
of the country and it is in our interest
to assist President Tinubu to succeed.
Any failure by Mr President would be a
calamity to igbo who have made huge
investments in many places in the
country, Iwuanyanwu stated
The Chananze leader used the
opportunity to call on President Bola
Tinubu to address the injustice and
challenges the Igbos are facing in the
country.
He said: “I had at one of our meetings.
of Southem and Middle-Belt Leaders
Forum brought up the problems of
obvious marginalisation of my people
by the Federal Government and the
forum expressed their sympathy to
the igbo. I remember vividly a
communique was issued at one of
those meetings calling for the release
of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu whose
continued detention is causing
problems in the Southeast.
“After the 2023 general election, we
experienced the worst situation which
after Peter Obi won in Lagos, Abuja
and some other states, a group of
people held a meeting and boasted
that they will cripple igbo and make
sure they don’t succeed in business
and politics. The activities of this
group were glaringly obvious in Lagos
where after Obi’s victory in Lagos
State, every effort was made to stop
Igbo from voting. At times violence
was used to stop them. Igbo were
abused and threatened to leave
Lagos
“Some markets in Lagos state
dominated by igbos were either
closed down or demolished. I held a
meeting with the leadership of Lagos
State, I am happy the matter had
slowed down
Iwuanyanwu, Chanaeze President-
General
“An Igbo man, HRH Eze Nwajiagu who
was arrested in Lagos State for no
justifiable reason is still in detention in
Lagos. His only offence was the
statement he made which if the same
statement was made by persons of
other tribes, would not be taken
seriously. We expect Mr. President to
look into this matter in order to
forestall future occurrence.
We also woke up one moming in
Abuja to hear that a spiraling estate
owned by an Igbo man, Prince
Nicholas Ukachukwu (Ikukuoma) has
been totally demolished. This matter
had been reported to me. I requested
all relevant information regarding the
demolition. From my findings, due
process of law was not taken before
this demolition. We also appeal to Mr.
President to investigate this case of
demolition
of Prince Nicholas
Ukachukwu’s estate in Abuja”
Iwuanyanwu, however, thanked
President Tinubu for appointing Rear
Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, as the
Chief of Naval Staff of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.