Ohanaeze strikes to ostracize some Igbo leaders over lawsuit towards Buhari

The Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, has described the fifty Billion Naira(N50b) lawsuit towards President Muhammadu Buhari by a discussion board of Southern Leaders as an try and collapse the bridges and political alliances the Igbos had constructed throughout the Niger.

The group lamented that the stance of the Igbo leaders that had been signatories to the litigation posed a grave hazard to the collective pursuits of the individuals of Igbo nation.

It berated the actions of the Southern leaders, positing that the Igbo leaders that joined within the lawsuit weren’t representing the generality of opinions of the individuals of Igbo race.

This was contained in a press launch signed by OYC President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro and the Secretary-Basic, Okwu Nnabuike and made accessible to newsmen, on Wednesday.

DAILY POST remembers {that a} group of southern elders and leaders of socio-cultural teams within the area had dragged President Muhammadu Buhari earlier than a Federal Excessive Courtroom, Abuja, demanding N50bn over what they termed lopsided appointments and developments within the nation.

Within the go well with filed by counsel to the plaintiffs, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), the group alleged that for the reason that inception of his administration in 2015, President Buhari’s appointments have contravened the provisions of the 1999 Structure and the Federal Character Precept.

The 16 elders listed within the go well with marked FHC/ABJ/CS/595/2020 embrace: Chief Edwin Clark, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Dr. John Nnia Nwodo, Dr. Pogu Bittus, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Alaowei Bozimo, Mrs Sarah Doketri, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife and Air Commodore Idongsit Nkanga.

The leaders alleged that the Southern area has been intentionally short-changed by the Buhari-led administration.

However, OYC, in an announcement, revealed that it had engaged its authorized workforce to assessment the authorized implications of the N50bn lawsuit towards President Buhari and suggest applicable actions.

The Igbo youth group additionally dissociated itself from the inclusion as among the many signatories of the 50bn lawsuit towards Mr. President and warned disgruntled parts utilizing the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, with out correct session and approval from the Imeobi, which is the best choice making organ of the apex Igbo group.

Ohanaeze youths additional warned that the culprits could be severely punished and ostracized accordingly, because the Igbo nation can’t be a clog within the wheel of progress recorded by the Buhari-led federal authorities.