As Ohanaeze Ndigbo election gets close, MASSOB promises peace
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As Ohanaeze Ndigbo election gets close, MASSOB promises peace
As the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, gears up for the election of new officers to run its affairs on January 10, 2025, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has assured all that the process will be peaceful.
MASSOB leader, Uchenna Madu, in a statement on Wednesday, said that the group was committed to ensuring that the election was peaceful, free and fair.
The statement read in part, “As a mark of our dedicated and unflinching loyalty to Ndigbo and Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership, MASSOB has put up all the necessary arrangements to make sure that the election processes are smooth.
“As it is the turn of the Igbo-speaking people of Rivers State to produce the next President-General, every eligible elder statesman, respected and non-partisan person of Igbo extraction from Rivers State is qualified to contest for the office of the President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo.”
Following the reactions that have trailed the interest of a former Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, in the position of the President General, MASSOB said he was qualified to contest as an aspirant from Rivers State, where it had been zoned to.
As Ohanaeze Ndigbo election gets close, MASSOB promises peace.
MASSOB added, “No contestant is exempted, removed or disqualified by the outsiders, external pressures or sponsored agents of blackmailers; it’s only the Ohanaeze Ndigbo screening committee will do such.
“Former IGP, Okiro is an indigenous citizen of Rivers State, a true son of Rivers State. All his career as a public servant is from the quota of Rivers State.
“As a contestant, he is eminently qualified to contest for the office of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo unless the screening committee disqualifies him.”
The group, however, warned against any attempt to cause mayhem during the election, saying, “MASSOB warns sponsored troublemakers to stay off the venue of the election or face the consequences.”
