….says Chief Iwuanyanyu cannot disobey court order.
Emmanuel Clement
The disparities in the rulership position as to who is the aunthentic president of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Lagos state,Chief Solomon Aguene has debunk the report making rounds on the social media concerning him stepping aside as Ohaneze president Lagos, while Chief Sunday Ossai takes over, saying that he is still in charge of Ohaneze Ndigbo Socio Cultural Organisation Lagos.
Chief Aguene stated this in a press conference held at the Ohaneze secretariat in Surulere,Lagos stating that the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Socio Cultural Organisation, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanyu visit to Lagos was to work with him as the most capable to govern Ndigbo in Lagos and also solicit for assistance from stakeholders, and highly respected persons in Ohaneze Ndigbo Lagos so as to move the National forward.
He went further to state that Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu did not come to address the issues around Ohaneze crisis in Lagos, as speculated in the media,rather the apex leader of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide was in Lagos to affirm him as the authentic President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Lagos state, describing him as “Mr Capacity “, reiterates that Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is a wise man and won’t disobey court judgement.
According to Chief Solomon Aguene,he pointed that Chief Iwuanyanyu stated that Chief Ossai was presented to him as the elected president of Ohaneze Ndigbo Lagos when he visited Lagos but has no capacity to govern the socio-cultural organization, stating that no one is above court judgements and he will present the matter before the ‘Ime Obi’ to resolve the issue.
Chief Solomon revealed that the first 4years of his tenure didn’t really count as he was in and out of court due to injunctions, says since the judgement was passed, his tenure has properly commenced as president of Ohaneze Lagos to complete the unfinished tasks.
“A court judgement was passed in May 2023 following some issues arising from disagreements surrounding my position as Ohaneze president in 2018 by some dysfunctional executives of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the defacto executives since 2018, had produced two different leaders to disorient and checkmate my activities while the case of leadership choice had been a tussle in court for 3years and 7months before judgement was passed affirming me Chief Aguene as the authentic president of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Lagos.”
“According to court order, the parties will have to conduct elections in all Ndigbo communities to elect one president, meanwhile the office of the President of Ohaneze remains intact, he stated.
Speaking on the requests of the opposing faction who demanded an outrageous amount of 40million naira as compensation otherwise step down, Solomon affirmed that he declined on their request.
Addressing the disconcerting mannerisms of Ndi-Ezes in Lagos, Solomon disapprove of some disgraceful behaviour stemmed from disunity amongst them. Says the Ezes are divided into various groups who fights over very trivial matters.
“Some Ezes in Lagos needs sensitization on what it means to assume the mantle of kingship, they need to possess quality attitude to command respect for themselves as some are disgrace to the title they are holding as they are always seen fighting for bag of rice and cow, until l came and things was restored by me as the ohaneze president ” he submitted.
The press conference was attended by Stakeholders, Patrons, Executives, Women and Youth leaders of Ohaneze Ndigbo Lagos.
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It will be recalled that Chief Iwuanyanyu came to Lagos last week to meet with Leaders, traditional leaders of Ohaneze Ndigbo and lgbo speaking community on the way to move the organization in Lagos forward.
