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Ohanaeze Crisis Deepens: Rivers State Insists on Leadership Transition, Rejects Imo Tenure Extension.
Ohanaeze Crisis Deepens: Rivers State Insists on Leadership Transition, Rejects Imo Tenure Extension.
Ekwutosblog has gathered that the Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, with unwavering commitment to our founding principles, wishes to address a matter of pressing concern that threatens the very fabric of our community’s democratic traditions. Recent reports indicate a nefarious plot spearheaded by two governors from the Southeast, who are attempting to extend the tenure of the current President General from Imo State by an additional two years. This scheme fundamentally contradicts the scheduled Ohanaeze elections set for January 11, 2025, and is an affront to the democratic processes we hold dear.
It is imperative to affirm, unequivocally, that this attempt to stretch the current Imo State President General’s tenure runs counter to the tenets of the Ohanaeze Constitution, ratified in 2004, which stipulates clear and established guidelines for leadership succession. We perceive this maneuver not only as a blatant disregard for our constitutional framework but also as a deliberate strategy designed to obstruct the seamless transition of power from Imo State to Rivers State. Such a transition is enshrined in our governance process and vital for the preservation of unity and equity within the Igbo nation.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has meticulously monitored the underhanded activities orchestrated by these governors, who have seemingly retreated from their initial commitments to support a candidate from Abia State. This retreat follows a robust backlash from the Ndigbo at home and in diaspora, particularly in response to unauthorized meetings held by certain Ohanaeze chieftains with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ogun State recently. The widespread condemnation of these meetings signals a strong, unyielding opposition among the Igbo populace against any form of constitutional dereliction.
Further intelligence suggests that these governors are mobilizing substantial resources, with the complicity of two former Presidents General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to manipulate influential Igbo elder statesmen, traditional rulers, and opinion leaders into endorsing an unconstitutional tenure extension. This sinister collaboration, shrouded in deceitful rhetoric and opportunistic alliances, seeks to install an indigene of Imo State in a move masked as a lawful succession, but which is, in essence, a calculated attempt to monopolize power and disrupt the electoral process.
It is crucial that we, as a collective body of Igbos at home and abroad, rise in solidarity to resist these insidious conspiracies. The pursuit of unity, strength, and dignity within our ranks necessitates a vigorous and unwavering response to any attempts to undermine the constitutional rights of the Rivers State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. We must declare, in a unified voice, that the upcoming elections for the position of President General on January 11, 2025, will proceed as planned, as decreed by our 2004 Constitution.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday declared that he’s still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Wike’s comment followed his expulsion from the party by the faction led by National Chairman, Kabiru Turaki.
Turaki had formally dispatched expulsion certificates to 11 prominent party chieftains, including Wike, former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Umaru Bature, Kamarudeen Ajibade, SAN, Abdurahman Muhammad Senator Mao Ohuabunwa.
He said their expulsion was aimed at sanitising the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
Reacting to the development on Friday, Wike dismissed the claim while assuring that he would continue to work with other party members in making PDP a relevant opposition party.
The minister spoke while addressing journalists after inspecting the Interchange bridge and road linking Gwarinpa with Jahi and direct to Katampe, Gishiri and Maitama.
He said, “Those that are factionalized are bound to leave the party, I’m still in PDP and you can see that not everybody has left.
“We still have good numbers and we will continue to work together and that’s what I have said to the party. Put your house in order because at the end of the day, if you don’t put your house in order, it’s the party that is losing.
“So those who are worried, we can work together to see how the party can remain a relevant opposition.”
The governments of Abia and Imo States have announced the launching of a joint security taskforce and surveillance along the Aba-Owerri expressway, starting from Owerrinta in Abia State all the way to Owerri, Imo State.
The launch followed recent attacks by criminals on the expressway, including kidnapping, armed robbery and other criminal activities.
The formation of the joint security taskforce and surveillance was announced by Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser to Governor Alex Otti on Media and Publicity.
His statement read in part: “Arising from a strategic emergency security meeting held today, 4th December, 2025, by the Governors of Abia and Imo Sates at the Imo State Government Owerri House, His Excellency Governor Alex Otti and His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma resolved to set up a joint security Taskforce that shall consist of Soldiers, Naval Personnel, Police Officers , DSS Personnel, and other Government Security Agencies.
“The joint security Taskforce shall, starting from tomorrow 5th December 2025, patrol the road 24 hours nonstop, while carrying out massive surveillance in the surrounding bushes using sophisticated drones and other modern security equipment.”
According to the statement, Governor Alex Otti commended the Governor of Imo State for arresting the criminals who carried out an attack on His advanced team and other passengers a few days ago.
“The two Governors, while assuring citizens plying the road on a daily basis and those returning home for Christmas of their safety and security, warn that there would be severe consequences for any criminal caught on the road going forward”, Ekeoma concluded.
President Bola Tinubu has transmitted to the senate two lists of 34 career and 31 non career ambassadors nominees for screening and confirmation.
Prominent names listed as non career ambassadors include Reno Omokri, Femi Fani-Kayode, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, Victor Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
Also listed as non career ambassadors nominees are Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Vice Admiral Ete Ibas, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, Senator Nora Daduut, Fatima Ajimobi, and Senator Ita Enang among others.
The two lists brings to 68 number of persons nominated so far as ambassadors awaiting confirmation by the Senate.
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