{"id":76664,"date":"2020-10-31T08:49:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T07:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=76664"},"modified":"2020-10-31T08:49:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T07:49:35","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-ipob-being-used-to-stop-igbo-presidency-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nnamdi-kanu-ipob-being-used-to-stop-igbo-presidency-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNnamdi Kanu, IPOB being used to stop Igbo presidency in 2023\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1682051142778982283\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The Ohaneze Youth Council has alleged Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB are being used by some political elements in other zones to scuttle Ndigbo bid for the presidency in 2023 .<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement \u00a0signed by Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, its Secretary General,\u00a0\u00a0OYC said \u201cit\u2019s unimaginable and taboo for anyone to speak for Igbo without proper consultative approvals from Igbo stakeholders. Ipob were gradually losing relevance after their failed protests and needs to change tactical direction.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201c The Igbo apex youth organisation believes that \u201cYoruba politicians and Northeast presidential aspirant through their Selfishness are manipulating IPOB activities indirectly for 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the group, this is to \u201cScuttle Igbo presidency project\u201d warning that \u201cIt should stop henceforth, Nnamdi Kanu should learn from history especially Awolowo\u2019s betrayal against Igbo legend, Dimm Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in 1967<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">It also \u00a0called on the IPOB leader to retract his End SARS verbal attacks, inflammatory threats, and stop all unnecessary violent protests in the Southeast and the whole of Igboland<\/p>\n<p>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohaneze Youth Council has alleged Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB are being used by some political elements in other zones to scuttle Ndigbo bid for the presidency in 2023 .&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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