Amaechi’s ‘not Igbo comment’ treacherous – Ohanaeze

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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, a leading youth wing of the Igbo socio-cultural body, has strongly criticized former minister Rotimi Amaechi over his recent remarks distancing himself from the Igbo identity.

In 2015, during a presidential campaign rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) held in Aba, Abia State, Amaechi had declared to a crowd of supporters: “I am a bonafide Igbo man.
“My name is Amaechi but President Jonathan, who says his name is Azikiwe, cannot speak the Igbo language.”

However, in a recent appearance on Arise Television’s Prime Time, the former Rivers State governor stated that he is, in fact, an Ikwerre native from Rivers State. He explained that his past identification with the Igbo community was a political move aimed at drawing national attention to the Southeast’s concerns over marginalization.

In response, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, National President of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, condemned Amaechi’s remarks, describing them as disgraceful and untrustworthy.

In a statement shared with reporters on Friday, Okwu expressed disappointment, saying it was unfortunate that someone who presents himself as a patriot and champion of the people could engage in such an embarrassing and contradictory act in public.

“We were shocked to the marrow to listen to Rotimi Amaechi make such a U-turn on national television.

“This is the same man who accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of not being an Igbo man, simply because he (Amaechi) needed the votes of Ndigbo for his party, the APC in 2015.

“Fast forward to 2025, the same man, 10 years later, has now told Nigerians that he lied to them.

“What this clearly shows is that Amaechi is a man who can do anything for politics; who can say anything just to get what he wants politically.

“How can we explain the fact that someone who personally declared that he is an Igbo man 10 years ago, now shamelessly tells the whole world that he did that all for politics.

“What this clearly shows is that he is in the league of politicians who have no character, who believe that all is fair in politics,” Okwu stated.

He then urged Nigerians and all those who are identifying with the coalition ahead of the 2027 election “to beware of a man who says something in the morning and upturns it in the evening.

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“Particularly, we advise Mr Peter Obi to be wary of such a man. He should not be seen to be associating with a man who is making a caricature of Ndigbo.

“Such a person is not to be trusted and we now see why Nyesom Wike clearly said that Amaechi has no capacity.

“How can such a man have capacity when he is living a life of treachery, when he is telling lies to get what he wants.

“However we want to make it clear to Amaechi and his likes that Ndigbo are not looking for people like him. We know genuine Igbo men and women when we see them, and we have a handful of them,” Okwu declared.

Okwu warned that Ndigbo would never be taken for granted by anyone stressing that “we are waiting for Amaechi in 2027 when he will come to any state in the South-East to open his lies-filled mouth. He will hear from us at the appropriate time, because we know he shall surely need Ndigbo again.

“We have had enough from people like him and we say never again.”

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