Igbo Speaking Community:Factional Group Writes Petition To BOT Against Chief Eze 

KINGSLEY EBERE 

The fresh crisis, which hit the Igbo Speaking Community, Lagos State, has taken another dimension following the recent petition written by a faction to the Board of Trustees led by Dr Jonathan Nnaji disowing Chief Sunday Eze, who stepped down for Chief Sunday Udeh as President over the consent judgment. 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the group led by the acting president, Chief Charles Chukwu, informed the BOT that Chief Sunday Eze has since resigned from their group, conducted an election and swore in one Okenze Tochukwu Anadu as president.

This was contained in the petition sent to the BOT dated 26th July,2025 signed by their acting President, Chief Charles Chukwu, Secretary, Prince Joshua Nnanna Kalu and chairman of All Chairmen, Chief Chukwuemeka Obi on behalf of the group.

It stated:

“Attention Dr Jonathan Nnaji”

“The Chairman Board of Trustees, Igbo Speaking Community, Lagos State.”

Sir,Urgent Petition Against Chief Sunday Eze’s Stepping Down and endorsement of Chief Sunday Udeh”

“We write as factional members and Stakeholders of Igbo Speaking Community ably represented by our former factional President, Chief Sunday Eze.

We wish to express our indignation and automatically disassociate ourselves from the purported endorsement by Chief Sunday Eze because he seized being our member and the face of the faction having resigned from that position, conducted an election and constituted a parallel government at the Eze Anomneze’s Palace on the 06/07/2024 and swore in Chief Okenze Tochukwu Anadu as his own President, while he sat as the Apex Lender. Pictures of the ceremony fully attached.”

“We wish to state categorically that such illconceived plan has automatically rendered any of his involvement in the resolution of the consent Judgement null and void and of no effect because he seized being a representative of the other faction after the day and date of 06/07/2024.”

“It is based on the foregoing that members and Stakeholders of the faction that he initially represented has resolved to distance ourselves from such unfounded endorsement but wish to state that we very much stand with the Board in their tedious work at bringing peace to the Community as well as support them on the ongoing peace process which ultimately will lead to the conduct of a unified election to the body for the overall wellbeing of this association in Lagos State.”

Thank you.

Signed:

1. Chief Charles Chukwu( Acting President).

2. Prince Joshua Nnanna Kalu(Secretary)

3. Chief Benneth Chukwuemeka Obi( Chairman of all Chairmen) Chairmen)”

From the ongoing,  it seems that the BOT has to start the peace process afresh to bring all the aggrieved parties in for another roundtable discussion in order to resolve the matter.