Chief Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, Coordinator of Ohanaeze Youth
wing in South South says the socio-cultural
group is working to mobilise and sensitise Nigerians to support restructuring.
The Ohanaeze youth leader regretted that the patriotic
task undertaken by the leadership of the group was being misunderstood as
meddling into politics.
Arthur-Ugwa said on Sunday that reports that the
leadership of Onanaeze Ndigbo was united and committed to repositioning Igbos
amongst other ethnic groups in a restructured Nigeria.
He dismissed comments credited to former members of
Ohaneze youth Wing who claimed to be National leaders of the youth body
claiming that President General of Ohanaeze was meddling into politics.
Reacting to allegations that Ohanaeze was becoming
political, Arthur-Ugwa described the claim as baseless and false adding that those
behind the allegations were bent of creating crisi where there is none.
He noted that the youth leaders who paraded themselves as
National leaders of the youth wing of Ohanaeze were misleading the public.
“We were surprised that some defunct members of Ohanaeze
Youth Wing issued a statement accusing the President General of meddling into
2019 Presidential elections.
“To state the facts, the allegations are fabricated by
expelled members of the youth group at the national level to attract public
sympathy; there is no truth in the allegation.
“The President-General has been working at uniting Igbos
all over the world and recently was in Bayelsa as part of his efforts in
restructuring and repositioning Ndigbo in a restructured federation..
“Nwodo also waded into leadership crisis in Ohaneze
Ndigbo Bayelsa chapter, is this what they call politics?.
“The President-General categorically said that he was not
interested in personal gains from the struggle for restructuring, so the
allegation is a mere ploy by disgruntled persons parading themselves as
Ohanaeze youth leaders.
“The National Executives of Ohanaeze Youth Wing was
dissolved by Ime-Obi and National
Executive Council of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in 2017 and we are getting set for
elections later this month, so they are misleading the people.
“The leadership at the state levels in the South East and
South South condemn and dissociate ourselves from the statement and frown at
the disrespect to our revered elders and leaders in Ohanaeze Ndigbo,our parent
body.
“We urge the errant youths to refrain from using the
media to discredit the organisation and show commitment towards building of a
united front for Ndigbo,” Arthur-Ugwa said.
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