Ohanaeze rejects members’ plan to endorse President Jonathan

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Imeobi (Inner Caucus) on Saturday, at its national secretariat in Enugu, tactically rejected a motion to adopt President Goodluck Jonathan as the consensus candidate of Ndigbo for February presidential election. Although Jonathna’s endorsement was not even on the agenda, frontline Igbo chieftain, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, moved the motion midway into the meeting, urging Ohanaeze to adopt Jonathan for the Presidency. Iwuanyanwu, a member of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) Board of Trustees (BoT), informed the caucus that he came with a message from 90 per cent of Igbo, who were supporting the re-election of the President for a second term. He told the meeting that they should give him an answer so that he could reply those who sent him.
Iwuanyanwu’s motion caused an uproar in the meeting, which compelled the Presidential General, Gary Igariwe, to adjourn abruptly. Following the rejection of the motion, Iwuanyanwu walked out of the meeting. The meeting ended abruptly amid a shouting match between those against and those that were in support of the motion for the endorsement of the President.
*Daily Independent