The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has denied issuing a warning to the former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, against contesting the 2027 presidential election.
News360 Info reports that the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ezechi Chukwu, in a statement issued on Tuesday, described the claims as acts of mischief by street urchins.
The Igbo organisation also refuted allegations that it urged northern leaders not to support Peter Obi’s presidential ambition.
He emphasised that Ohanaeze Ndigbo, under the leadership of credible figures such as Senator John Azuta Mbata (President-General), Prince Okey Nwadinobi (Deputy President-General), and Emeka Sibeudu (Secretary-General), could not have issued such an ignominious statement.
The group further stated that it has not endorsed Peter Obi or taken a position regarding the 2027 election and urged the media and the public to disregard statements from “incurable mercenaries unconscionably parading the Ohanaeze brand to execute the pecuniary bidding of their political paymasters.”
The statement added, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been alerted to a misleading report circulating on social media alleging that the apex Igbo body warned Mr. Peter Obi against contesting the 2027 presidential election.
“It also claimed that Ohanaeze cautioned the North against backing his candidacy. We wish to categorically state that such a mischief-driven and misleading statement did not emanate from the dignified apex Igbo body.
“The statement was the handiwork of clandestine starving street urchins who parade a phantom, ludicrous brown-envelope Ohanaeze, with POS as their address.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo is committed to the wellbeing of the Igbo nation and national development through justice, fairness, and equity. We remain non-partisan and have not taken any position on the 2027 presidential election or endorsed any candidate.”
