The National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike has fired back at the Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, accusing him of playing selfish and ethnic politics to the detriment of Ndigbo.

In a statement made available to journalists in Enugu on Thursday, Okwu said some chieftains of the Igbo group were against him because he was not dancing to their selfish tunes.

He said his only crime was congratulating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and for commending Tinubu’s appointment of an Igbo son from Enugu State as one of the Service Chiefs.

“the truth of the matter remains that trouble started when we congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari. All hell was let loose. They said we have committed abomination, that Igbo son, Peter Obi is in court to reclaim his mandate.

“But we made them understand that unless the court says otherwise, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now the President of Nigeria. It behoves on every citizen of the country to work with him in order to move the country forward. If tomorrow, the court declares Peter Obi winner, we will also rally round him. That’s our stand; but they were not happy with that, they called for our heads.

“As if that was not enough, an illustrious Igbo son, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla was appointed Chief of Naval Staff and we commended President Tinubu for that appointment.

“They are calling for our head again; they first said Ogalla is not from Igbo speaking part of the South-East and all manner of things. We find this very offensive. He is a bonafide son of Igboland, from Umuopu, in Enugu-Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State. Who is more Igbo than him?

“What is obvious is that once it is not someone from among them, they cannot appreciate any good thing coming from Igbo land.

“Ndigbo cried for eight years under Buhari, that we are not represented in the Security Council, but nobody listened to us. But Tinubu decided to balance the service chiefs’ appointment, yet these people are not happy, probably because the person is not someone they recommended.

“Even if they don’t like Tinubu and hate him with such passion, why not congratulate the Igbo son, Rear Admiral Ogalla?

“This is the height of sectional and selfish politics and we will never be part of it.

“He is giving full backing to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State but waging a selfish war against President Tinubu, Uzodinma’s boss and father of the nation.”

The Igbo youth leader vowed that no form of blackmail or media trial would make him wage needless war against the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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