Group Raises the Alarm over Moves to Deny Rivers Ohanaeze President General Position

By OKOH Omaka ~ Abakaliki and Abraham UKPA

The Rivers Diaspora Professionals Forum has alerted the Minister of FCT, His Excellency, Barr. Nyesom Wike and the Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara about the ongoing attempts of a few Igbo Elders and Leaders to scuttle the 2023 Ohanaeze Ndigbo Igbo Day in Rivers State with false alarming reports through some faceless organizations with intentions to deny the turn of Rivers State and her constitutional right to produce the next President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo by January 2025. 

The organization accused the Imo State Government under Senator Hope Udodinma of being behind the plot, saying that the 2023 Igbo Day in Rivers State is also the rightful turn of Rivers State because it will be a basis for discussion on how to kick start the process of selecting the next President General Ohanaeze Ndigbo for a single four-year term (2025-2029). 

According to report, the Rivers Diaspora Professionals leadership led by Prof. Oyirinda Chile-Philips of the University of Amsterdam as Chairman and Prof. Jackie Ezenwo of the University of Hong Kong as Secretary wishes to put the records straight for posterity, saying that the 2023 Igbo Day held in Rivers State has the endorsement of the organization. 

The group said it has tracked down the clandestine actions to blackmail His Excellency Barr. Nyesom Wike with the plot of hijacking the process to produce the next President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo because of the political importance attached to the office of President General Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as the person is a factor of giving political direction to Igbo Nation in 2027 Presidency. 

The group further called on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and the Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara to be aware of this plot, describing it mischievous and detrimental.