Ohanaeze Meets Wike Over Alleged Rigging Of Presidential Poll News Ohanaeze
The Ohanaeze delegation led by the vice-president , Dr Kingsley Chidozie comprised several other officials of the organisation including the vice-president general , Chief Emeka Ogwu; national publicity secretary, Dr Chiedozie Ogbonnia; Chief Ezechi Chukwu, PhD; president of Ohanaeze, Enugu State chapter, Prof Fred Eze; president of Rivers State chapter, Mr Lucky Ekeji; president, Abia State chapter, Comrade Okey Nwankwo; president of Delta State chapter, Prince Nwandu and former speaker,...
According to the national publicity secretary, Dr Chiedozie Ogbonnia, the group met with Wike at the executive chambers of the Rivers State government house, Port-Harcourt on Thursday. Before opening up to Wike on their mission, both Wike and his guests had observed a minute silence in honour of deceased Ohanaeze leaders, including the immediate past president-general, Amb George Obiozor and the late Joel Kroham, a former deputy president-general and later, president-general of Ohanaeze.
Spokesman of the delegation, Dr Peter Aneke told Wike that their mission was to confirm from him his “alleged roles against Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party during the presidential election which was held on February 25. Aneke was said to have thanked Governor Wike over the cordial relationship between him and the Igbo community in Rivers State, but thereafter informed him that the “Igbo all over the world are aggrieved with him, especially as the alleged rigging operations are circulating on the internet.”
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