Obiozor's utterance, reason Ndi Igbo despises Ohaneze

By Princewill Akubumma | Biafra Writers

Saturday, January 23, 2021

A controversial statement credited to the newly elected Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo President-General, Mr. George Obiozor, was not only laughable; but full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Obiozor, who addressed his audience on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, during  his presidential inauguration, said that ndi Igbo should not leave the (enforced) union of the Nigerian state, but embrace what he called a "united, progressive Nigeria". He also said that "ndi Igbo are neither at war with Nigeria, nor seeking to be . . ., but are ready to work with a new Nigeria".

That was a wishful thought that has never worked for the past 45 years of Ohaneze's existence in Nigeria.

The statement was fiercely frowned at, in many quarters, by true sons and daughters of ndi Igbo, whose cries of suppression in the Nigerian State has been ignored for many decades.

More so, to say the least, Obiozor's statement was wasteful, and a prove that every leadership of Ohaneze from inception has never been obligated to work for the betterment of ndi Igbo in Nigeria; but has been serving as a political stooge for the advancement of the course of the Sokoto caliphate, in Igboland.

Recall that Ohaneze ndi Igbo, a socio-cultural Igbo group, (although not recognized by all Igbo people), was formed in 1975, five years after Nigeria struck a war against the people of Biafra (mostly Igbo); to serve the purpose of addressing the plights and ordeals of  ndi Igbo sequel to the war years. An atrocious and inhumane treatment that has, upon till this day, not been addressed. 

Ohaneze came to limelight in the wake of the war, amid its traumatic effects on ndi Igbo as a result of the 1966 pogrom - which saw over 30,000 Igbo sons and daughters killed in cold blood, in the northern Nigeria - and the subsequent genocidal war (1967 to 1970) that saw over 4 million Igbo people, annihilated.

However, following the (re)integration of ndi Igbo to Nigeria, after the war, Igbo people has been treated as second class citizens; and neither the government of Nigeria, nor Ohaneze, has been able to give us (Igbo) the spirit of inclusiveness in a country that supposedly belong to us all. 

Sadly enough, Ohaneze failed to live up to its expectations; by playing the ostrich, and making itself subservient to the oppressors of their own people. 

After many years of Ohanaeze's incompetence, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) - a freedom movement - was birthed to stand and speak for ndi Igbo and Biafrans at large. IPOB has ever remained unwavering in that regards and has vehemently refused to be compromised unlike Ohaneze ndi Igbo.

At this point, being the crux of the matter, Ohaneze ndi Igbo and its new leadership has no moral obligation to speak for, and on-behalf of ndi Igbo. This is because ndi Igbo has now gotten a front through which their voices can be heard (louder) in the oppressive Nigerian State.

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The Dicey Ends of the Truce between IPOB and Ohaneze Ndigbo

By Eluwa Chidiebere Chinazu | Biafra

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July 29, 2020

Just recently the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Apex Igbo Socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, mended fences. The news is however making the rounds that Ohanaeze is dreaming of Igbo president come 2023. Ohanaeze, in a statement by its spokesman, Chuks Ibegbu, noted that given the mood of the nation today, an Igbo will hopefully succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

The Supreme Leader of the Indigenous of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has already warned Ohanaeze to retrace its steps. Taking to his Facebook page, Kanu wrote, “Before they start saying we have insulted anybody, could those who are clamouring for their turn to loot please conduct a plebiscite to understand the wishes of our people before coming out to make these pronouncements. We did not die for one-Niggeria Zoo presidency. Some of these people are now making the same mistakes that Azikiwe made in the past. They never ever learn.”

That IPOB made peace with Ohaneze is a good development, but considering the mindset of average Nigerian politician, the situation now is pregnant. For example, other nationalities might think that it is all about Igbo president all along. Maybe IPOB and Ohanaeze have been on the plan from onset. This will kill off IPOB totally.

What if Ohanaeze is playing double agent? Yes, we should begin to ask ourselves why they made such statement now everybody knows that they have made peace with IPOB. Ohanaeze can be saying something else to calm IPOB down and to make it look as if they have come back to their senses but secretly go to Abuja to brag that IPOB is now under their control, using it to solicit for Igbo presidency.

The ever thoughtful IPOB members will see it that Ohanaeze is trying to cripple IPOB with their statements because everything Ohanaeze says from the moment the news of their peacemaking with IPOB broke out is believed to be in tandem with the decisions of IPOB, unless the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, comes out to lift the ban on people attacking Ohanaeze.

If Ohanaeze fails to live up to expectation with this last chance given to them, they will be classified as saboteurs and that which befalls every saboteur in history will befall them.

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