Njiko Igbo, the apolitical organization seeking for the emergence of a president of Igbo extraction in Nigeria in 2015 has called for truce in the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, following the leadership crisis rocking it.
Njiko Igbo, in a statement on Monday by its National chairman, Senator Sylvester Anyanwu; and Director of Operations, National and diaspora, Senator Emmanuel Onwe, said the crisis in Ohanaeze Ndigbo was distressing.
The statement reads in part: “This distressing development has resulted in a great sense of unease among all concerned Igbo citizens. The central role of Ohaneze Ndigbo in the affairs of Igbo people cannot be under-estimated. Ndigbo cannot, therefore, afford a crisis of confidence to undermine the organization and cripple it from performing its vital functions.
“Accordingly, Njiko Igbo convened an emergency meeting on the night of 13 January, 2013 and set up a committee made up of five prominent Igbo persons to step into the dispute with a view to resolving it amicably and to the satisfaction of all parties.
“In the interim, Njiko Igbo calls on all parties to halt all hostilities and await the outcome of this peace initiative.”
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