BY: Sam.Onwuemeodo.
Taking into account, the provisions of the Constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, lmo State, expectedly, would exhaust her tenure or slot, as the President General of the august body, on Friday, January 10, 2025. All things being equal.
Prof. George Obiozor, who began to enjoy the lmo slot or term died while holding forth. While on seat. Chief Emmanuel lwuanyanwu took over. All in the Spirit of the letters of the Constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Unfortunately, Chief lwuanyanwu too, kicked the bucket and was buried November 1, 2024. May the souls of Obiozor and lwuanyanwu continue to rest in peace, Amen. The fervent Prayer of the righteous, availeth much. Works effectively. Do you understand now?
And twenty five days to the end of the tenure of lmo State as Ohanaeze PG, Nze Fidelis Okechukwu Chukwu, accepted to be elected or selected or chosen or taken as the President General of the Organisation. It doesn’t look good. It doesn’t look chilly. Nze accepted to be President General for twenty five days or even less than that. One could also go by hours. That’s multiplying 24 hours by 25 days. You get six hundred hours, including the days and the nights. Remove the nights, you have three hundred hours. It doesn’t add up.
He does not deserve Congratulations or Congratulatory messages. I have answered the question l had asked at the outset. He shouldn’t be massaged or patronized. He deserves to be told that he didn’t act well his part. And one acting well his or her part is where the true honour lies. The man involved is outstanding. An honourable man. He had, at a time, bestrode lmo Politics like a colossus and others had walked under his huge legs and peeped about to find themselves…… I won’t go the whole hog. I had only borrowed some leaves from Cassius in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
It should also not be forgotten that, there had been insinuations or innuendos from certain quarters that lmo State would want to continue to hold the position of Ohanaeze PG, instead of allowing Rivers State that should be the next in the arrangement , to occupy that position. And l pray it doesn’t happen. That would spell doom for the body and all it stands for.
I had had one- on-one interviews some times ago, with Pa Jim Wiwa, father of Saro Wiwa. That was in 2000. He was 96 then. Dr. Marshall Harry. That was in 2001. Comrade Evah (2000). Elechi Amadi, 1999. HRM king Alfred Diete-Spiff, 1999. Ledum Mitee, 2001. Sergeant Awuse, 2001. And so on. They had entertained one fear. Domination. Which has lingered for decades. And we should not miss any opportunity available to allay this fear. To “purge” them of this fear in the Spirit of brotherhood. Spirit of conviviality. Do you understand? Read between the lines here. I am not chasing shadow. But only being painstaking.
Choosing Chukwu this time as PG of Ohanaeze could be misconstrued or misinterpreted to be part of the plot or design to deny Rivers State their slot. Deny them their portion. And anybody acting to give or strengthen this impression or inclination does not love the lgbo. Does not love the South East. Does not love Ohanaeze Ndigbo as an entity. As a body.
Nze Ozichukwu, no doubt, a very brilliant man. Very outspoken. An orator of note. Who was the National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for South East, for eight years. And he did very well . He was exceptionally good in that position. Since he vacated that office, one wonders if he had held any other one.
And that might be the reason for his involvement in this “right-left; right-left; right-left” marching . The normal one is “left-right”. The ugly, “right-left”. The action of being chosen as Ohanaeze President General for twenty five days. If you remove the weekends, you have about nineteen days. So, Nze Ozichukwu would be Ohanaeze President General for nineteen days. Who did this to the noble Nze?. Who did this disservice to a big man like Ozichukwu Chukwu?.
If you politely accuse him of having the morbid urge for position you might not be far from the obvious. It has been long. Do you understand?. Any of lwuanyanwu’s deputies would have been asked to continue in acting capacity until January 10, which is already here with us.
One won’t be surprised, with the level of excitement, the honourable gentleman going for thanksgiving on Sunday for what God has done for him. Emerging as the President General of Ohanaeze for twenty five days. Already, prominent personalities from his Okigwe Zone have continued to CONGRATULATE him . Who say men no dey?. Men dey, but not for this one.
By and large, let Rivers State take over on Friday, January 10, 2025. Any development in the contrary, won’t augur well for all those concerned, including Ohanaeze as an entity. When a Rivers’ man takes over on January 10, we can begin to streamline certain developments. And the people of Okigwe Zone may roll out the red carpet for their beloved son for a successful outing as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide for 25 days . While we continue to clap for Jesus