The meeting is scheduled to take place on July 29 and 30, 2019
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Nwodo said this in a statement in reaction to the 30-day ultimatum given to Buhari by the Coalition of Northern Group, describing it as irresponsible.
Nwobodo said this on Sunday during his 79th birthday celebration in Enugu
The Forum, made up of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Northern Elders Forum, Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Middle Belt Forum, made its position known in a statement signed by their leaders, including Chief E. K. Clark, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Chief John Nwodo and Dr. Pogu Bitrus
Cyprian Ekwensi’s novel: Survive the Peace, was premised, among others, on the disrupted family ties and social relations that emerged in Igboland, after the Nigerian Civil War.
Obiano, who said he was disappointed that the endorsement came on a day President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the Mausoleum of Nigeria’s first President, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, in Onitsha, Anambra State, reportedly described the action of Ohanaeze and its president as idiotic
The highest Igbo organisation said this in response to the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that the Federal Government abused all constitutional methods to execute the move
The position of the State was disclosed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, who led a delegation of the State to the ImeObi
The position of the body was contained in a communique issued after its meeting on Thursday at Nike Lake Hotel, Enugu
Obi, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, described Ikedife, who died on Tuesday evening at his Nnewi residence in Anambra, as an exemplary leader who effectively used his sterling qualities to advance the cause of the Igbo man and his country.
Ekweremadu in a statement by his Special Adviser Media, Uche Anichukwu, described Ikedife’s passing away as a grave loss to Ndigbo and the country.
The position of the Igbo elders was contained in a five-point communique issued at the end of their one-day summit, with the theme: “Ndigbo 2019 and Beyond,” held in Enugu
Chief Charles Odunukwe, Vice President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who brokered the truce, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa on Monday.
The meeting was been held at the Asokoro, Abuja residence of foremost Ijaw leader and former Federal Commissioner for Information
Ekweremadu, who is representing Enugu West Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, made his declaration known less than a week after he said if he wanted to be in the Senate forever he could achieve it
The President General of the Ohanaeze, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, said the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, was right in describing the act as a breach of national security, but said all the characters who participated in the act either directly or indirectly should face the law to act as a deterrent to overzealous security operatives
The leaders of the groups had after a meeting in Abuja called on President Muhammadu Buhari to put a halt to the killings in the country.
The Governors said this after their meeting at the Enugu State Government House, Enugu on Sunday evening
Abaribe was one of the three persons who stood surety for Kanu, who has not been seen in public since last year.
The organisation gave the commendation in a statement by Chief Emeka Attamah, Media Adviser to its President-General, Chief Nnia Nwodo, released in Abuja on Monday.