The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to interfere in the selection process for the next President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. IPOB's spokesperson, Emma Powerful, emphasized the importance of inclusivity and allowing traditional leaders to oversee the process, scheduled for January 2025.
The Indigenous People of Biafra,
said Ohanaeze members planning to visit Obasanjo with the aim to intervene in the selection process must jettison such a move. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of warned those responsible to allow the Ime-Obi, religious leaders, and first class Traditional Rulers to settle the differences and pick the next President-General. A statement by Powerful reads partly: 'Furthermore,
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