SAN FRANCISCO, January 10, (THEWILL) – The Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has elected a former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Israel, and Cyprus, Prof. George Obiozor as its President-General.
Obiozor emerged in an election held at the Dan Anyim stadium in Owerri, the Imo state capital, on Sunday.
While the other candidates boycotted the election, one of the leading contestants, Chief Chuks Ibegbu, announced his withdrawal from the race.
Ibegbu, who is the outgoing Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the body, lamented that the election process was faulty and lacked proper democratic rules of engagement.
He said, “Following obvious distortion of the proper democratic rules of engagement and feeling the pulse of the Igbo Nation, I hereby exclude myself from the Nwodo -led Ohanaeze election.
“Though I purchased the nomination form at an unacceptable sum of N300,000, regrettably the process was full of manipulation and the outcome would not be acceptable to Ndigbo.”
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