Chief Iwuanyanwu just inherited the begging idea . Full stop
The two men in the voice note Dr Hartford Ugwu and Prof Obasi
Igwe are well known to me. Rev Obinna Akukwe can clarify that Dr Harford Ugwu
runs Destiny Lineage Trace reconciliation body in Igboland involved in
reconciliation, breaking curses while Professor Obasi Igwe is an emeritus of
political science at UNN , and a confidant of Biafra leader, Odumegwu Ojukwu. I
recall Ojukwu asking me on two occasions in the past whether as ex- students union
leader, I knew Dr Obasi Igwe in UNN.
Ohanaeze has always been run by either the NEC, General Assembly, Elders Council or the inner caucus made up of trusted allies and aides of the President General. Iwuanyanwu runs Ohanaeze through NEC and inner caucus and the President General invited Dr Harford Ugwu to the Enugu meeting to do a presentation to Ohanaeze on begging, reconciliation and curses. Dr Harford whose reconciliation effort have brought peace to some communities in Igboland is also the Publicity Secretary of United Igbo Elders Forum.
Eventually, another informed Igbo scholar, Dr Dominic Okechukwu
, instead, did a presentational on reconciliation which Ohanaeze commended at
the said meeting.
Therefore, the idea of N100 billion exchanging hands for the
begging project as espoused by Prof Nwankwo T Nwaezeigwe, Odogwu of Ibusa, and
sections of IPOB is not true.
However, if N100 billion was given for the begging project,
certainly, Iwuanyanwu was not the recipient, maybe somebody else received it on
behalf of Ndigbo.
Therefore, the idea to beg the Fulani is an old one, the Fulani
helped Prof Obiozor win Ohanaeze Presidency at the Owerri poll .
The Fulani rejected the candidatures of Dr Joe Nwaorgu and Prof
Chidi Osuagwu as being too tilted to handshake across the Niger, and
specifically informed the South East Governors, Cabinet Ministers and Ohanaeze
leaders of their choice.
The idea of begging the Fulani was mooted again under Nnia
Nwodo, but the conflict was which of the Fulani section should be begged.
Traditional institutions or Politicians?
Atiku Abubakar hijacked the begging process, and tailored it to
his political demands.
The selection of Peter Obi as running mate to Atiku Abubakar was
a product of the earlier secret Ohanaeze begging, but Atiku’s choice of Obi did
not go down well with those who initiated the begging.
In response to the earlier begging Muhammadu Buhari , not
trusting the Atiku begging deal, wrote instead to Ohanaeze Ndigbo, again
,demanding audience in 2019, to discuss the problems and priorities of Ndigbo
ahead of the presidential polls.
Atiku, who ran Ohanaeze from Adamawa for many years, stifled the
letter, and Ohanaeze NEC refused to discuss Buhari’s letter to Ndigbo.
Buhari singlehandedly wanted to send an executive bill to
National Assembly for the creation of additional state for Ndigbo, and conveyed
the intentions to South East Governors Dave Umahi, Willie Obiano, Okezie
Ikpeazu, Hope Uzodimma and Ugwuanyi at a meeting in Aso Rock.
The governors referred the matter to Ohaneze Ndigbo and it died
a natural death because the begged section of Fulani does not want Buhari’s
Fulani group to take the credit for additional Igbo state.
Therefore, the denial of the begging plot is an afterthought. It
has been an Ohanaeze secret project ,and youth bodies are never taken into
confidence when such is being discussed.
I am aware that an Ohanaeze Committee has already initiated the
begging process in Abuja, with many northern groups and it is yielding fruit.
Rev Obinna Akukwe advises that all the parties to the begging
scandal should sheathe their sword vis the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB,
Ohanaeze Worldwide, Ohanaeze factions , Ohanaeze Youth Groups because if
everything about this begging is exposed , there would be no peace in Igboland.
Rev Obinna Akukwe
DG, Igbo Mandate Congress IMC
Vice Chairman, Ohanaeze Integrity Groups IOIG
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