Anambra State Chapter of Ohaneze Ndigbo has urged stakeholders in the state to avoid actions that could overheat the polity and create opportunity for few individuals to hijack the power structure as well as hold people in political hostage.
The Chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Anambra State, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, gave the advice in a press briefing in Awka.
Chief Okeke-Ogene noted that the Organization was concerned about what it described as the misunderstanding between few traditional rulers and the state government, and advised the royal fathers to emulate the conduct of the Chairman of Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council and Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, the grand patron of the council and traditional ruler of Nnewi, Igwe Kenneth Orizu, as well as other notable royal fathers in the state to avoid confrontation stance against the state government.
He further stressed the need to follow laid down processes in channeling grievances through appropriate authorities and urged those in question to avoid sending wrong signals to outside world.
Speaking on national events, the Anambra State Chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo, reassured that the group would sustain the drive to actualize Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction come 2023.
Chief Okeke-Ogene also expressed concern over the increasing insecurity and corruption in the country, and urged the federal government to show more seriousness in fighting corruption as recent events have shown a failure in the aniti-corruption war.
