2015: We've Not Endorsed Jonathan, Others - Ohaneze Ndigbo

 

The national leadership of the apex Igbo socio –cultural organization, the Ohaneze Ndigbo has said it had not endorsed any aspirant for the 2015 presidential election.

National president of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Gary Enwo-Igariwey who made the statement in Awka, Anambra State, on Wednesday, added that the organization would not endorse anybody without adequate consultation with the stakeholders, including Ime Obi (the Igbo Think Tank) and the South East Council of Traditional Rulers.

Chief Enwo-Igariwey also added that Ohaneze does not have a programme for Igbo president in 2015.

"The fact remains that Ohaneze does not have a programme for Igbo president in 2015, but before we adopt any candidate, we have to consult widely on the issue and it would therefore be inappropriate for anybody to say that we have adopted any candidate," he said. 

Continuing, the Ohaneze President added,"Ohaneze has made no statement on the adoption of any presidential candidate and that is the truth.The Ime Obi and other Ohaneze affiliate organizations have to decide on the issue of what candidate to adopt before Ohaneze leadership would take a stand.”

The Ohaneze president was however emphatic that Igbos did not have the proper vehicle to vie for the president in 2015, arguing that it was for that reason that it decided to suspend the ambition until the expiration of the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Chief Enwo-Igariwey also touched in the issue of indiscipline in Ohaneze, adding that a situation whereby affiliate organizations would be announcing the adoption of a presidential candidate when the parent body had not made any pronouncement on the matter amounted to indiscipline.