BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Newly elected President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said his ambition was to become President of Nigeria and not for Ohanaeze, apex umbrella of Igbo socio-cultural associations.
In his acceptance speech at the Imeobi meeting of Ohanaeze in Enugu on Sunday, Iwuanyanwu described his emergence as the President-General of Ohanaeze as remarkable in his life, because it was a day, he said, when providence and the love of his people propelled him to become the pan-Igbo leader.
He noted that all through his life, he had done his best to serve Igbo both in time of war and time of peace.
Iwuanyanwu also disclosed that he did not nurture the ambition to be the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, saying, “instead I had the ambition of becoming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“I contested for the Presidency on three occasions but I did not succeed. I took my losses in good composure knowing full well that as a Christian, all powers and promotion come from God.
Daily News Nigeria observed that Southeast governors and Igbo leaders on Sunday rallied behind elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu as he assumed office as the new President-General of the pan Igbo group.
The governors were led by the host and governor of Enugu State, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and his Anambra State counterpart, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo to participate in the Ime-Obi sitting of Ohanaeze at the old government house lodge, Enugu, where Iwuanyanwu was presented and ratified as the new leade of the Apex Igbo sociocultural group.
The chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum and governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi, his Imo and Abia States counterparts, Senator Hope Uzodimma and Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu were represented by their deputies, Barr. Kelechi Igwe, Prof. Placid Njoku and Hon. Sir Ude Oko Chukwu respectively.
Also present at the event were governor-elect of Enugu State, Peter Mbah; former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi; former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim; former Senate president, Adolphus Wabara; Senator Victor Umeh; former Presidents-General of Ohanaeze led by Chief Nnia Nwodo, former minister of health, Prof. ABC Nwosu, Nze Fidelis Ozichukwu Chukwu, among others.
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