Ohaneze Refutes Claims of Asking Obi Not To Run for President in 2027

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Tuesday refuted claims that it advised Peter Obi to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race.

The group, in a statement, also dismissed reports that it urged northern leaders not to support Obi’s presidential ambition.

This was contained in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ezechi Chukwu, who described the claims as acts of mischief by “street urchins”.

“Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been alerted to a misleading report circulating on social media alleging that the apex Igbo body warned Mr. Peter Obi against contesting the 2027 presidential election,” the statement said.

“It also claimed that Ohanaeze cautioned the North against backing his candidacy. We wish to categorically state that such a mischief-driven and misleading statement did not emanate from the dignified apex Igbo body.”

Chukwu also noted that the statement was the handiwork of a group he described as “clandestine starving street urchins who parade a phantom, ludicrous brown-envelope Ohanaeze, with POS as their address”.

According to him, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, under the leadership of credible figures such as Senator John Azuta Mbata (President-General), Prince Okey Nwadinobi (Deputy President-General), and Emeka Sibeudu (Secretary-General), could not have issued such an “ignominious” statement.

“Ohanaeze Ndigbo is committed to the wellbeing of the Igbo nation and national development through justice, fairness, and equity,” the group reiterated.

“We remain non-partisan and have not taken any position on the 2027 presidential election or endorsed any candidate.”

The group tasked the media and the public to ignore statements from “incurable mercenaries unconscionably parading the Ohanaeze brand to execute the pecuniary bidding of their political paymasters”.

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