Ohaneze President Accused Of Igbo Crisis In A’Ibom

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By UbongAbasi Ise
As the leadership crisis continues to rock Igbo community in Akwa Ibom State, a prominent Igbo chief has blamed the turmoil on Barr. Osuagwu, the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo in the state.
Speaking in Uyo recently, Mr. Sunday Orie, one of the members of the council of chiefs in the Igbo Community, revealed to newsmen that the struggle of who to become an Eze Ndigbo in the state is amplified by the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo who has chosen to keep mute about the situation while siding one of the disputing parties.
Orie said that Osuagwu, instead of looking for a way to quell the crisis, is becoming biased and opted to support C.Y.C. Umeakuku, a self-imposed eze gburuburu against Eze Barth Okpala, who is a bonafide Eze Ndigbo in Akwa Ibom State.
Explaining why the President General chooses to give backing to C.Y.C. Umeakuku, the chieftain said it is because he was registered by Umeakuku.
Sunday Orie lamented how Barr. Osuagwu is using his influence as a legal practitioner to support C.Y.C Umeakuku in fighting a course that is not his, saying they are on the verge of tearing apart and leading to doom the peace-loving Igbo Community which their forefathers built and they came to inherit. 
He maintained that there is nothing like Eze of Ezes apart from the Chairman of the Ezes which C.Y.C. Umeakuku claims to be.
“There is nowhere in the existence of the Igbo that there is an Eze of the Ezes. We only have Ezes and a chairman who would come out from the Ezes after election.  The position lasts for two to three years and another chairman would emerge,” said Orie.
He admonished the President General for joining force with one of the contesting parties to deepen the crisis.
“The President of the Ohaneze Ndigbo supposed to call them to order because he has the power over them and can dissolve their offices if they refuses to adhere to his instructions rather than joining party with C.Y.C. (Umeakuku ) to bring disunity among us. Barr. Osuagwu knows his position and should use it well.
“We cannot continue with this fight because other communities and the host State will see us as causing trouble,” stressed Orie.
He further called on the youths to be on the right track and not to follow the elders in fighting a course that will not lead them anywhere adding that “there is no need of registering any organisation outside the Igbo Community founded by our forefathers and if there should be anything the youths want to do, they should act in line with the community and not association.” 

Source: The Sensor Newspaper

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