By Cajetan Mmuta
The inner caucus leadership (One Obi) of the Igbo apex Socio-Cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide said on Monday that there is no going back on the scheduled election of the youth and women wings of the body.

It said that only the Ime Obi (inner caucus leadership) of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has the powers and final say on the conduct of the election and has not thrust on anybody, groups, or another body such responsibility to do otherwise.

Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Chief Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka Anambra state.

He said only the Ime Obi of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has the powers to decide on anything in elections.

The position of the Igbo apex body followed contrary reports circulating in a section of the media that the scheduled election of the two important arms of the group should be stopped.

According to Chief Ogbonnia, the attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo World has been drawn to a statement circulating in social media that the scheduled Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Youth and Women Wings elections should stop.

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He said that “the Secretariat and Ohanaeze Ndigbo World Wide wish to assure the general public that the elections would hold as scheduled and in accordance with the Ohanaeze constitution.”

The Igbo core group declared that “the only organ of Ohanaeze Ndigbo World Wide with an authority over elections under the constitution is Ime Obi”.

“We further state categorically that Ime Obi to the best of our knowledge has not met again
since it’s last meeting in December 2020 when it approved and authorized all the Elections from January 2021 including the YOUTH and WOMEN elections.”