Igbo groups ask Ohanaeze president Nwodo to resign for allegedly betraying Igbo presidency

- Two Igbo groups accuse the president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo of allegedly trading off Igbo presidency during his recent visit to Atiku

- The South-East Young Professionals (SYP) says it is in shock that the new Ohanaeze leadership led by Chief John Nnia Nwodo visited Atiku Abubakar

- The Igbo Students Forum (ISF) accuses Nwodo of playing politics with Ohanaeze

Two Igbo groups have criticized the president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo over his reported visit to Atiku Abubakar.

Two Igbo groups have accused the president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, of jeopardizing Igbo presidency and the agitation for Biafra following his reported visit to former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in Abuja.

The groups, the South-East Young Professionals (SYP) and the Igbo Students Forum, (ISF) in separate statements on Wednesday, February 8, called on Nwodo to step down as Ohanaeze president for allegedly trading off Igbo presidency during the course of his visit to Atiku, Daily Post reports.

The groups described the visit which reportedly took place on Tuesday, February 7, as petty, patronizing and against the overall interest of Ndigbo.

The national coordinator of SYP, Comrade Chinua Okoro said it was in shock that the new Ohanaeze leadership led by Chief John Nnia Nwodo visited Atiku Abubakar.

"We are shocked and disappointed because it is on record that ever since Nwodo was elected, he has not visited any political or religious leader in Igbo land; neither has he paid any visit to elders statesmen in this part of the country."

“It is, therefore, most self-serving, most petty that his first point of call, that his first official function is the fruitless visit to Atiku.

“More worrisome is the news making the rounds that Atiku’s 2019 ambition featured prominently when he hosted Nwodo. This is quite pathetic coming at a time Igbo presidency is becoming realistic more than ever.

“Having made the above observations, we call on his to resign forthwith as the Ohanaeze president as he lacks what it takes to lead our people. We are not ready to allow him commercialize Ohanaeze as he has done already," the group said.

Similarly, Comrade Kalu Umeh of the ISF accused Nwodo of playing politics with Ohanaeze.

The group also called on him to resign.

Meanwhile, the president of the Ijaw council and founder of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Front Asari Dokubo has announced that he is a Biafra, Igbere TV reports.

Dokubo who spoke on a live London radio on Tuesday, February 7, it is wrong for anyone to ask him whether he is Nigerian or Biafra.

The Ijaw leader during an interaction with the host of the radio show and deputy leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Alphonsus Okafor-Mefor said he will not tender any form of apology to anybody for accepting he is ‘Biafran’.