Alor Igwe in Council, others beg Obiano to forgive Igwe Elibe Okonkwo, says Ngige can’t speak for Us

The Igwe in Council and two other groups from Alor Community on Wednesday begged Governor Willie Obiano to forgive their traditional ruler,Igwe Elibe Okonkwo.

The groups addressed a press conference at Prince Paradise hotel Awka.

The press statement according to www.odogwublog.com was signed by Chief Ben Udeze (Onowu Alor),Hon Chris Okudo (PG Alor Peoples Convention) Rev. Innocent Peace-Udochukwu ( Chairman planning and strategy/publicity sec.

Meanwhile in their separate speeches outside the prepared address, Chief Ben Udeze ( Onowu Alor) said ” I stand for peace ,Igwe erred and apologised, I support the apology in totality because we are peace loving community. He should be forgiven. “

For Hon Chris Okudo ,Igwe has tendered apology publicly and should be forgiven. He supported the apology by Igwe Okonkwo which he said has been on since he was suspended.

He further accused Dr. Ngige of instigating some problems in the community because he never supported HRH IGWE MACANTHONY ELIBE OKONKWO to be the Traditional ruler of Alor and how he supported a group called ALOR PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY which was not a recognized group.

www.odogwublog.com brings you the details of the press brief herein under.

JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE OF ALOR PEOPLE’S CONVENTION, IGWE IN COUNCIL AND NDI- ALOR CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS.

26/8/2020

Ladies and gentlemen of the press we welcome you all to this all important press briefing where we intend to set the records straight on some of the events of the last few weeks as it concerns the Abuja trips by some Anambra traditional rulers and their eventual suspension by the state government especially as it concerns Alor Kingdom.

We in the convention are not and cannot be in support of any act of lawlessness, disrespect or disobedience against the state government by any one no matter their status in the state or society hence our insistence that our Igwe HRM M.C E ELIBE OKONKWO , EZEDIORA 111 OF ALOR KINGDOM should apologise to the Governor for leaving the state without prior information to him which he the Igwe did without hesitation as a humble, law abiding and peace loving Man even though it is almost like a taboo for an IGWE to apologise to anyone in Igboland.

Today, we are here also to plead with our Governor ,His Excellency Chief Dr . Willy Obiano to tamper Justice with mercy and lift the suspension of our Igwe because to err is human but to forgive is divine especially as he had humbly apologised.

With this gathering today we are letting the Governor and the general public to know that indeed Ndi-Alor have not in any way rejected their IGWE as some people who are opportunistic in nature in our town wanted to capitalize on the opportunity created by the unfortunate incident to deceive ,hoodwink and if possible manipulate the system to favour their selfish interests and that will bring us to the press statement credited to one of our illustrious sons the honorable minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige where he deceptively stated that IGWE OKONKWO was imposed on Ndi Alor by the administration of Peter Obi and Willy Obiano which is a lie from the pit of hell because Igwe Okonkwo’s emergence came through an election and procedures supported by the generality of Umu- Alor including Dr, Ngige of which he Ngige rejected when he discovered that his preferred candidate lost to Igwe Okonkwo,he went to court and lost out but yet refused to give up and acknowledge that all power belongs to God Almighty.

If actually there was any imposition in Alor today it is done by Dr Ngige who since 2019 has been trying to impose on Ndi- Alor a social club they registered at CAC as the authentic government of the town without recourse to the rule of law guiding the town union institutions in Anambra state and in total disregard ,disrespect and disobedience to the executive governor of Anambra state,these group of people led by a well known ex- convict and ably guided and goaded by Ngige aside from forming a parallel government have been making Alor ,a once peaceful town to be in perpetual crises and ungovernable as they always go about intimidating Ndi-Alor with their thugs and countering every directive from the state government either by there actions or inactions .

More over, as far as the Democratic culture of Ndigbo is concerned Dr. Ngige is not in a position to speak for Ndi -Alor because him and his group are just an insignificant few ,his woeful performance in the last presidential and other previous elections in Alor and at the local government level where he lost his own polling booth lays much credence to this well known facts .

We therefore urge the state governor as a Executive Governor of the State and who is fully aware of their activities to rise up to the occasion and reign in on these renegades and make them respect the law and his office because no one is above the law and it is an abomination for two captains to be in a ship.

Signed by Chief Ben Udeze
( Onowu Alor)

Rev Innocent peace- Udochukwu (Chairman planning and strategy/ publicity sec. Alor Peoples convention

Hon Chris Okudo
(PG Alor peoples Convention)

Barr.Okwuchukwu Udoagwa.
(Chairman ADU Lagos)
Representing Alor Development Unions in Nigeria and Diaspora.