Ohanaeze Ndigbo has vowed to expose those plotting to
destabilise the peace in Enugu State.
The warning came on the heels of a group led by one
Obozoba, who claimed he was coming to lead a one
million-man march in Enugu to demand Governor Ifeanyi
Ugwuanyi’s scorecard.
In a statement, President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Youth Council, Okwu Nnabuike, said he had cautioned
about the activities of fifth columnists that were
uncomfortable with Ugwuanyi’s good rating ahead of the
2023 elections.
Okwu said it was baseless for any right thinking and
honest person to say there was lack of good governance
in Enugu State when all indicators and statistics showed
otherwise.
He said hiding under a non-existing alias, ‘Ohanaeze
Ndigbo General Assembly’ was part of the game plan by
politicians who feel so threatened by Ugwuanyi’s rising
profile.
“We read with consternation the report in a section of the
media credited to one faceless person, who goes by the
name Obizoba and who claims to be the director general
of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide.
“Our first thought was to ignore the faceless report, but we
had to respond so as not to allow it to have credence in
the minds of some gullible and uninformed members of
the public.
“Apart from the fact that there is no such group in Igbo
land, all the claims made in the said statement are false
narratives. Contrary to the baseless claims, Enugu State
has remained one of the safest states in the country, even
in the face of the current unrest in the South East and this
is as a result of the quality leadership being provided by
Governor Ugwuanyi.
“It is also not in doubt that no governor, since the history
of Enugu State, has put up the number of quality
infrastructure at the rural communities compared to what
Ugwuanyi has done.
“Good governance is not measured by bogus projects but
accountability, transparency, human-oriented infrastructure
projects, welfarism, among others, and the governor has
since scored above average on all these areas as has
been attested by credible organisations and agencies.
“It, therefore, beats our imagination that some faceless
groups would come up with claims against the governor.
As we said earlier, this is all part of the 2023 game. But we
warn that those behind this game should tread with
caution. We know them already and we are going to
expose them soon, together with their pay masters.
“The Enugu people are treasuring a peaceful state and we
will not fold our hands to allow some selfish people to
truncate the peace in the name of selfish politics. It is only
God that gives power, it is only God that knows who will
live till 2023; for that reason, people should stop playing
God just to demonise their perceived political opponents.”