By:Our Reporter
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo ,Imo State Chapter on Wednesday expressed support to the emergency of Professor George Obiozor as the consensus candidate to succeed Nwodo.
The apex socio-cultural group in Igbo land made its position known while briefing newsmen in Owerri ,expressing disappointment over the widespread condemnation that followed their decision .
Dr. Ezechi Chukwu ,President Ohanaeze Ndigbo ,Imo State Chapter who spoke on behalf of the group said ,"our attention has been drawn and indeed we have read some malicious and libelous articles by a few individuals against Ndi-Imo for resolving to have a peaceful and credible resolution of the choice of President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo of Imo extraction.
He said the Elders and Leaders of Imo State were seriously disturbed about the number of people who were indicating interest to contest .At a point they were over 20 and every one of them was busy lobby, the elders spending their scarce resources to as if the position in question was the office of the president of Nigeria.
According to him,"Imo State Ohaneze leadership in harmony with Elders and leaders of the state in general resolved to come up with a committee for Imo candidate. It is very important to emphasize that all the meetings were held without the consent of the Governor and in fact the meetings were sponsored by our leader Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu in his capacity as the Chairman Council of Ohaneze Ndigbo "
He said ,"what we did in Imo State on the selection of President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo is a replica of what happened in Enugu when Chief Nnia Nwodo was chosen in Enugu but to our greatest surprise here in Imo State some people have gone to the extent of presenting a letter purported to be from Myetti Allah in respect of this wise and peaceful understanding by the good people of Imo State. "
"It is necessary to state clearly that there was no external influence from any quarters on this issue. The decision was done in good faith for the well being of our people "
"The public is hereby advised to disregard the purported extraneous influence being alleged by mischief makers as all what they say are unfounded fabrications and tissues of lies to malign the character of innocent leaders "
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