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Comment On 2023 Presidency: Ohanaeze Declares Uwazurike Persona Non-grata In Igboland

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4 years ago

May 2, 2022

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Monday, came hard on Ralph Uwazurike over his endorsement of Yahaya Bello for the 2023 presidential election.

Uwazurike, founder of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, now leader of Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, had over the weekend disowned the Igbo presidency project.

His action came as a shock to Ndigbo at a time there is a continuous push for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction.

In a statement made available to DAILY POST by the President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike he said Uwazurike’s action was not a surprise as he in the past jettisoned the Biafra project.

Okwu said the former MASSOB leader is known to be a man “ready to trade off himself for peanuts at every slightest opportunity.”

The Ohanaeze youth leader, who was angry over the development, described Uwazurike as “ a persona non-grata, a serial betrayer and a man who has completely lost a sense of history.”

He disclosed that “there were reports flying about that he did this volte-face after collecting N20 million. We find it strange that he could sell his conscience just for a paltry N20m, to such an extent that a supposed pro-Biafra leader now talks so much about one Nigeria.

“However, we pity those who find anything meaningful in Uwazurike, a man who was dethroned as MASSOB leader because of the same reason. We know how he traded off the struggle in the past and was rewarded for betraying the same course he was pursuing.

“Uwazurike has long ago lost relevance in Igbo land and he knows it. Let him prove us wrong by stopping the Monda sit-at-home in Igbo land. He lacks the capacity owing to the fact that he currently has no followership. He is the leader and member of BIM, no other person has ever identified with that phony group.

“Having said that, we caution that any person having any dealings with him has entered a one-chance bus.”

He cautioned Uwazurike and his likes to retrace their steps from a “destructive journey as the day of reckoning will surely come.”

“We are unfettered in our journey towards the realization of a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction. A million Uwazurike cannot stop the project which has received endorsement from several elder statesmen from across the country, including Afenifere leaders,” Okwu declared.

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Dino Melaye Reacts To Malami’s Arraignment For Money Laundering

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December 30, 2025

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Ex-Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, has reacted to the arraignment of a former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, before an Abuja Federal High Court.

Melaye wished Malami well as he began his trial for corruption.

Posting on X, the former lawmaker recalled how he was prosecuted by Malami over what he described as frivolous cases while he was the AGF.

He wrote: “Reminded me of how I was appearing in different courts when Malami as AGF was prosecuting me over frivolous cases including taking over one of the police cases against me. Wish him.well.”

Malami, his son Abdulaziz, and another individual are facing a 16-count charge of money laundering.

They were arraigned on allegations of unlawful acquisition and concealment of funds.

They all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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What PDP Said About Wike’s Media Parley

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4 days ago

December 29, 2025

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, of being a constant agent of provocation in the political space, alleging that he creates trouble to mask selfish intentions.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in response to Wike’s media parley with selected journalists in Port Harcourt, also held on Monday.

According to the PDP, remarks made by the minister on several occasions are proof that he falls short of being a locus classicus of anti-democratic adventurism.

The party said Wike’s conduct was not new, stressing that he has consistently acted as an agent provocateur in the political arena, stirring controversy to advance personal interests.

The PDP further stated that since Wike assumed office as Governor of Rivers State in 2015, he has remained a recurrent source of trouble within the party’s leadership.

“From the Sheriff era, where he was a forerunner in the Sheriff-for-National Chairman movement and later turned to fight and remove Sheriff; later he championed the Uche Secondus-for-National Chairman movement (in fact, he granted a very combustible interview that polarized the party just before the convention) and then was the same person fighting to remove Secondus.

“The same Wike led the movement to produce Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as National Chairman against the advice of many party leaders, and so soon thereafter, it was Wike again who led the Ayu-must-go struggle.

“By his end-of-year media chat, Minister Nyesom Wike has reiterated his support for, and in fact declared that he is the ‘number one supporter’ of the presumptive candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 Presidential election, while remaining a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, confirming the basis of his expulsion from the PDP, for anti-party activities,” the statement said.

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JUST IN: INEC Excludes PDP From Ekiti Governorship Election

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4 days ago

December 29, 2025

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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2026 Ekiti governorship election, Dr Wole Oluyede, and his deputy were conspicuously absent as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released the provisional list of party candidates ahead of the election.

INEC on Monday posted the list of candidates from 12 political parties vying for the state’s top job at its office on New Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

The list shows that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is fielding the incumbent governor, Biodun Oyebanji, with Monisade Afuye as his running mate.

Other candidates include Opeyemi Falegan of the Accord Party, with Omoyemi Olaleye as deputy; Akande Oluwasegun of the African Action Congress, paired with Oluwasanmi Fajuyigbe; and Ayodeji Ojo of the Action Democratic Party, with Itunu Ibitoye as running mate.

Similarly, the African Democratic Congress is presenting Oluwadare Bejide and Paul Olowoyeye, while the Action Peoples Party has Bidemi Awogbemi and Akinyemi Adewumi on its ticket.

The PDP’s absence may not be unconnected with the leadership crisis currently rocking the party at the national level.