2027: Ohanaeze reacts to claim that it asked Peter Obi to withdraw from race

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the leading Igbo sociocultural organization, has denied rumors that it counseled Peter Obi to drop out of the 2027 presidential contest.

Additionally, the group denied claims that it lobbied northern politicians to oppose Obi’s bid for president.

Ohanaeze characterized the allegations as “street urchins” engaging in mischievous behavior in a statement released on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ezechi Chukwu.

“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,” the statement said.

“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.”

Chukwu noted that the statement was the handiwork of a group he described as “clandestine starving street urchins who parade a phantom, ludicrous brown-envelope Ohanaeze, with POS as their address”.

He underlined that Ohanaeze Ndigbo could not have made such a “ignominious” remark under the direction of respectable individuals like Senator John Azuta Mbata (President-General), Prince Okey Nwadinobi (Deputy President-General), and Emeka Sibeudu (Secretary-General).

“Ohanaeze Ndigbo is committed to the wellbeing of the Igbo nation and national development through justice, fairness, and equity,” the group reiterated.

“We remain non-partisan and have not taken any position on the 2027 presidential election or endorsed any candidate.”

The group advised the public and media to ignore such utterances from “incurable mercenaries unconscionably parading the Ohanaeze brand to execute the pecuniary bidding of their political paymasters”.

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