The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo cultural organisation, has drawn the attention of the general public to one Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who claims to be factional secretary of the organisation.
Ohanaeze, through a statement by the national publicity secretary, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, Sunday, called on the general public to discountenance Isiguzoro who they described as “a usurper, impostor and an interloper.”
The statement said anybody who knows Isiguzoro’s whereabouts should report to the relevant authorities because in spite of several warnings and a subsisting court case, he is still parading himself as the secretary general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide.
The statement reads: “The general public is hereby notified that one Mr. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who has been parading himself as the secretary-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, is not and has never been the secretary-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. He is both a usurper and an impostor, an interloper who has no authority or mandate to act or speak on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
“It will be recal that on January 11th 2021, the General Assembly of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide convened at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri and overwhelmingly elected Ambassador Okey Emuchay, MFR as the secretary general of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization.
“It is regrettable and also embarrassing that shortly after the Ohanaeze election, Messrs Chidi Ibeh and Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who never participated in the election declared themselves as president-general and secretary-general respectively.”