Ohanaeze Ndigbo Stakeholders Declare Chief Aguene As President

KINGSLEY EBERE 

The issue of who is the authentic President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has been finally resolved as Igbo critical stakeholders have declared Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene as the leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State. 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that it was the outcome of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly meeting held on Sunday 6th April, 2025 at the secretariat located at No. 19 James Robinson Street Surulere area of Lagos.

The meeting was attended by the critical stakeholders including the first President of Ohanaeze in Lagos State, Chief John Uche, President of Igbo Speaking community, Lagos State, Chief Sunday Udeh and the General Secretary, Engr. Chuks Odimegwu.

Others were the father and grand patron of Ndigbo in Lagos, Chief Livinus Okwara, representative of Senator John Mbata of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and many others including the Chairmen of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the Local Government areas and LCDAs in Lagos State.

Also in attendance were the traditional leaders a.k.a Ezendigbo, women wing of Ohanaeze, the youths, town unions, market men and women from various communities in the State.

The aim of the meeting was to clarify to the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator John Mbata and to make clear statement to finally resolve the issue of who is the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State between Chief Sunday Ossai and Chief Aguene.

At the meeting, it was resolved that Ndigbo will no longer accept and allow an illegal Ohanaeze to operate in Lagos State because it has affected Ndigbo in various ways fanning disunity among Ndigbo in the State.

The General Assembly gave Chief Aguene and his executives the mandate to arrest and prosecute any individual or group parading themselves as Ohanaeze leaders apart from the Ohanaeze recognized under the leadership of Chief Solomon Aguene.

The meeting also recognized that Chief Solomon Aguene has a valid Court judgment, which declared him as the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos State and any person or group that are not satisfied with the Lagos State High Court judgement by Justice L.A.M Folami should go back to the Court and vacate it.

The General Assembly also recognized Senator Mbata as the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and directed Ohanaeze Lagos State to give him every support to succeed and unite Ndigbo.

The decision by the General Assembly may have ended the leadership crises in Ohanaeze for the past three over claims by Chief Sunday Ossai led group that the tenure of Chief Aguene has elapsed and election was conducted where Chief Ossai emerged as president and Chief Robert Obasi as Secretary.

Meanwhile, the Police at Force headquarters at Alagbon Annex in Lagos State are still investigating Chief Sunday Ossai for allegedly conducting an illegal Ohanaeze meeting following a petition to the AIG over the conduct of Chief Ossai to cause breach of public peace in the State.