The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Saturday, elected Nze Fidelis Chukwu as its President-General.
He will lead the organisation for a brief period of 27 days, to serve out the tenure of the late Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who was holding the slot of Imo State.
The election of Imo State-born Nze Chukwu was announced through a communique issued at the end of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Imeobi signed by the Secretary-General of the body, Amb. Okey Emuchay.
According to the communique issued in Enugu, Nze Ozichukwu will lead Ohanaeze Ndigbo for only 27 days, to exhaust the Imo State tenure, which ends on January 10, 2025.
The emergence of Chukwu is as a result of a chain of catastrophe, which has visited Ohanaeze with the demise of Prof. George Obiozor in 2022.
In application of a doctrine of necessity, Iwuanyanwu was sworn-in on April 30, 2023 as his replacement but unfortunately died on July 25, 2024 and was buried on November 1.
Emuchay said: “In line with the doctrine of necessity that the Imo State Chapter of Ohanaeze, led by Mr. C.J Ihemedu presented Nze Chukwu to the Imeobi Ohanaeze to exhaust the balance of four year tenure allotted to Imo State.”
“The State Presidents of Ohanaeze Ndigbo of Abia, Anambra, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Rivers States, expressed delight over the nomination of Chukwu as the new President-General until January 10, 2025.”
He added that Chukwu was therefore, sworn-in as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide by National Legal Adviser, Mr Joseph Ojobu and the Assistant Legal Adviser Dr Peter Aneke.
He said the Southeast Governors’ Forum, represented by Gov. Peter Mbah, charged the new President-General to ensure that the forthcoming Ohanaeze election should be both transparent and credible.
– NAN