Confusion in Ohaneze Ndigbo as Global Igbo leaders reject election

 
The Global Igbo Leaders  held Emergency Zoom meeting on the 30th December 2020 (and advised the immediate past Ohanaeze Ndigbo Executives/Electoral Committees to follow Ohanaeze Ndigbo Constitution and the Electoral guidelines to the letter.  
 
The Global Igbo Leaders had another  Zoom meeting on 3rd January 2021 and further recommend that a properly constituted Ohanaeze Ndigbo Caretaker Committee be established to run the affairs of Ohanaeze Ndigbo from the 10th of January 2021. 
 
We convened once again on the 13th January 2021 to review the Ohanaeze Ndigbo parallel elections that took place on the 9th and the 10th of January 2021. 
 
Most organisations that constitute Global Igbo Leaders have  representatives in the Chief Gary Enwo-Igariwey’s led Ohanaeze Electoral Committee as well as voting delegates (who of course did not vote). 
 
The reports provided to us by our respective Organisation representatives on the 10th January 2021 Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s election showed that the procedures and guidelines for Ohaneze Ndigbo General Elections as enshrined in the Organization’s Constitution were neither followed nor adhered to.
 
After reviewing the reports from our representatives including accounts received from the candidates to the elections and others, Global Igbo Leaders  resolve:
 

1. We believe in the sustainability, credibility and unity of Ohanaeze Ndigbo as the umbrella body of Ndigbo worldwide, thus our full desire to maintain unity in Ohanaeze in particular and in Igbo nation in general.
    
2. We reject the outcomes of the parallel elections which were planned, designed and programmed to favour pre-selected candidates and which did not follow Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s electoral guidelines and procedures as provided in the constitution. These elections promoted division and not unity, lawlessness instead of due process, and  damaged the image and integrity of Ndigbo worldwide.
    
3. We do not recognize any of the purported elected Ohanaeze Executives from any of the parallel elections. 
    
4. We therefore align with the decisions and plans of Concerned Imeobi Members and we urge them (Concerned Imeobi Members) to immediately setup Ohanaeze Ndigbo Caretaker Committee to first bring unity, and to subsequently set up Electoral Committee to conduct credible, free and fair election that will follow due process.   
    
   Signed:
    
   Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), Nigeria:
   Prof Timothy Uzodinma Nwala
   Prof Nathaniel Aniekwu 
   Mazi Ikechukwu Bismarck Oji
    
   World Igbo Congress (WIC) USA:
   Prof Anthony Ejiofor
   Dr. Festus Okere
    
   Igbo World Assembly (IWA) Worldwide:
   Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze
   Chief Christian Onuorah
   Chief Oliver Nwankwor
   Solomon Adima (IWA Rep for East Africa)
    
   Ekwe Nche USA:
   Luke Nwannunu
    
   Igbo Board of Deputies, Worldwide:
   Barr. Austin Okeke
    
   Council of Igbo Communities UK:
   Barr Alex Coker Ezeamakam
    
   European Igbo Communities (EIC) Europe: 
   Chief Oliver Nwankwor
   Barr Alex Coker Ezeamakam
    
   One Voice Women Movement UK:
   Mrs Joy Ukaegbu
   Mrs. Eunice  Onwuamaegbu
    
   WOMEN Mediation and Support Group
   Mrs Amaka Agbayim
    
   Council of Igbo States in America (CISA) USA:
   Mazi Amadiebube Mbama
   Barr. Bobby Aniekwu

Nzuko Ummunna
Ogbuefi Delly Ajujo
Barr. Austin Okeke
Mazi Amadiebube Mbama