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As the controversial and unresolved issue of tenure rears its ugly head again the Nnia Nwodo leadership has publicly declared that it\u2019s tenure will end in January 2021 not 2020.<\/p>\n

It warned mischief makers against stampeding the executive.<\/p>\n

The organisation faulted those it said were \u201cgoing about claiming that the national election of Ohanaeze Ndigbo would hold in January 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n

It warned them to desist from such propaganda.<\/p>\n

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, in a radio broadcast\u00a0on Saturday evening<\/a>, said the tenure of Ohanaeze President-General Nnia Nwodo would end on December 31.i<\/p>\n

Nwodo assumed office in January 2017.<\/p>\n

Kanu said in the broadcast that some people from the marginalised parts of the country, who are supposed to be supporting the Biafran cause, are rather fighting against it.<\/p>\n

Such people, he said, include some leaders of Igbo groups and some governors from the South.<\/p>\n

He said the agitation for Biafra will continue as Biafra and Nigeria are not meant to be together.<\/p>\n

Kanu ended his address by stating that Nwodo will no longer be the leader of Ohanaeze\u00a0after December 31.<\/a><\/p>\n

But Ohanaeze deputy spokesman Chuks Ibegbu noted in a statement that the Nwodo-led executive won\u2019t complete their term until January 2021.<\/p>\n

He accused \u201cdesperadoes\u201d and those who wish to use the office for personal gain as propagating the rumour.<\/p>\n

According to him, when the tenure of the present Ohanaeze executive is due to end, the world would be told.<\/p>\n

Ibegbu noted that for now, the Nwodo-led executive was trying to reposition Ndigbo within the Nigerian polity.<\/p>\n

Many prominent Igbo citizens from Imo State are said to have started jostling to succeed him.<\/p>\n

Those jostling are saying, contrary to the Ohanaeze executive\u2019s claim, that Ohanaeze constitution prescribe three-year tenure which is rotated alphabetically among the five Southeast states and the Igbo speaking parts of Delta and River states.<\/p>\n

With Abia, Anambra, Delta, Ebonyi and Enugu having produced Ohanaeze presidents, it is Imo\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n

Those said to be interested in the position from Imo are former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States Prof. George Obiozor; former Imo State Governor Ikedi Ohakim; policy consultant Dr Chris Asoluka; former Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Dr Joe Nwaogu, among others.<\/p>\n

Nwodo served as Minister of Civil Aviation during the second republic under Shehu Shagari.<\/p>\n

He served as Minister of Information and Culture under the Abdulsalami Abubakar military administration.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Nwodo won an election that declared him the ninth President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural organisation that represents Igbo speaking community, and protects the rights and interests of the Igbo around the world.<\/p>\n

He won with 242 votes. His opponent, former Anambra State University of Technology Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Chiweyete Ejike, had 13 votes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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