Ohaneze Ndigbo Council Of Elders Speaks On Anambra Poll

By Ayodele Oni

Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council of Elders, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has adduced reasons why Saturday’s Governorship election in Anambra state must hold.

He has, therefore, appealed to the people to allow the  Governorship election to hold peacefully.

Chief Iwuanyanwu, who made the appeal in his capacity as the Chairman, Council of Elders Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said if the Saturday November 6 election is disrupted, not just people of Anambra State, but indeed Ndigbo in general will be the losers.

A statement by his media adviser, Mr. Ben Osuagwu, stated that the success of the election is very vital and crucial to the people of Anambra State and Ndigbo in general.

Iwuanyanwu observed that Anambra State is the cradle of development and achievements in education, politics, industry, commerce and religion, pointing out that Onitsha was the first port of call in 1857, when the white missionaries came to Igboland.

He listed great Igbo men of Anambra extraction who dominated various spheres of life in the country and pleaded that the present generation should not destroy the legacies these men and women left behind.

“We owe it a duty to our forebears and posterity to avoid any action that could cause blood shed in Anambra state or any part of Igboland or even in Nigeria.”

Chief Iwuanyanwu, pointed out that there was no doubt that the youths are agitated especially those in Anambra State, appealed to them to sheathe their sword and allow peace to reign for the election to hold in the interest of Ndigbo and Anambra state.

He disclosed that Government and Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide are working on the industrialisation programme for South East which will transform Igboland into an economy that will create jobs for youths and produce goods and services to improve the Gross Domestic Product and advance in their contribution toward Gross National Domestic Product.

“I urge all in Anambra to allow the election to hold on November 6, to show the world that this generation of Igbos and youths are determined to preserve the legacies of their forebears and indeed surpass those records.”

The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, said it would lock down the South-east for a week, as from November 5, if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is not released from the custody of the Federal Government. Kanu is being prosecuted by the Federal Government at an FCT High Court on charges related to, among other things, terrorism and treasonable felony.

The election is scheduled for Saturday, November 6, 2021.