The newly-elected President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Azuta-Mbata has been given a seven-day ultimatum to resign his position.
Azuta-Mbata received the ultimatum from a group, the Rivers State Restoration Movement (RRM).
The group’s ultimatum is coming barely 72 hours after the Ikwere-born former politician was elected president-general of the apex Igbo socio-political organisation.
A statement by RRM’s Director-General and Secretary, Johnson Georgewill and Sarina Akpata, respectively, said the election of the new president-general of Ohanaeze is disturbing and disgraceful.
The group disclosed that its members will stage the largest protest in Rivers State, Abuja and all United Nations facilities against Azuta-Mbata’s victory at the elections.
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The group also alleged that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has been perpetrating injustice against the people through Azuta-Mbata’s election as Ohanaeze’s president-general.
“One begins to wonder what wrong Rivers people have done to deserve this humiliation from Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s administration.
“Was it a crime that in the interest of equity, fairness, and justice, former Governor Nyesom Wike and leader of Rivers State politics, on the premise of the political bond and love that spans over 50 years between the Ijaw and Ikwerre, chose Fubara as governor to represent the riverine interest?” the group queried.
