Former General Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Evaristus Ozonweke, has lost out in the power game following the emergence of the suspended Chief Sunday Ossai’s Deputy, Chief Sunnex Ohanazoeze
Ml(Agujiegbe), as the Acting FactionaPresident of the rebel Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that it was the outcome of the factional Ohanaeze Executives meeting held on Sunday, 20th August, 2023 at old school stadium, Surulere area of Lagos, after the suspension of Chief Sunday Ossai over alleged gross misconduct.
The meeting, which was attended by the majority of the Executives, was presided over by the Acting President of Ohanaeze, Chief Ohanazoeze, who was moved to the position in line with the Constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos State.
Having resolved who should take over, top on the agenda of the meeting was the suspension of Chief Sunday Ossai, which was endorsed by all the executive members present, who also condemned the poor leadership style of suspended Chief Ossai.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that at the meeting, the sins of Ossai were enumerated, which led Mrs. Uchenna Igbokwe to blame the executive members for not acting on time and allowing the issue to linger for this long. She stated that she has been the only one writing on the Executive platform, that Chief Ossai has not been working with his executives in one accord.
Chief (Mrs.) Nelly Okafor commended the Executives for suspending Ossai and stated that Chief Ossai was given a long time to amend his ways but he refused to do so.
She further stated he was hell bent on totally destroying Ohanaeze before he left office and explained that some of the executive members called him privately to admonish him.
However, Mrs. Okafor stated that his response to them was that they should not prevent him from making one billion Naira some enemies of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos State had promised him.
“All reasonable efforts made to correct him proved abortive” she said.
She thanked the executive members for their courage to speak truth to power and urged the house to move on to the next stage to probe him over his alleged misconduct.
In the light of the deliberation, the Assistant Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Barrister Emeka Iwueze, moved a motion that the Acting President should appoint independent personalities as members of the panel to look into all allegations and Offences committed by the suspended Chief Ossai and it was unanimously adopted by the Executives. Thus, names were nominated as the probe committee members.
Also speaking at the meeting was Mrs. Obiora, who commended the executives for the intervention and said that Chief Ossai was the cause of his suspension, stating that all her support towards making his administration succeed was destroyed by him.
“Chief Sunday Ossia never appreciated any meaningful contributions to make his administration succeed ” she concluded.
The outcome of the Executive meeting may have foreclosed the inordinate ambition of Chief Ozonweke, who was earlier said to be behind the crisis in Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State in order to become the President.