Ohanaeze Ndigbo has denied reports circulating in the media that the apex Igbo body has issued a statement regarding the re-arrest and re-arraignment of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
A release dated June 29, 2021 and signed by the National Publicity Secretary,
Chiedozie Alex. Ogbonnia, says “Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by Ambassador Professor George Obiozor has not issued any press statement on the matter” as the body “does not issue public statements in a hurry.”
The apex Igbo body dissociates themselves from the said press release purported to have emanated from impostors, warning the mischief makers, impostors and charlatans peddling the name of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to desist from such acts.
It warned that any “further breach of this warning, Ohanaeze Ndigbo will be compelled to invoke the full weight of the law to deal with the offenders.”
Read the full text below:
“The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a publication currently circulating in the media suggesting that Ohanaeze Ndigbo has issued a statement regarding the alleged rearrest and re-arraingment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB).
“Ordinarily, we would have ignored the said press release, but silence in this circumstance would mean giving validity to such fallacy by the unsuspecting public.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by Ambassador Professor George Obiozor has not issued any press statement on the matter. Ohanaeze Ndigbo as the apex Igbo cultural organization does not issue public statements in a hurry.
We hereby dissociate ourselves from the said press release and also warn those mischief makers, impostors and charlatans peddling the name of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to achieve selfish gains to desist from that shameful misadventure.
“In the event of further breach of this warning Ohanaeze Ndigbo will be compelled to invoke the full weight of the law to deal with the offenders.”
Chiedozie Alex. Ogbonnia
National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide
June 29, 2021
