{"id":3430,"date":"2019-01-27T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2019-01-27T19:03:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T19:03:00","slug":"2019-presidency-we-didnt-endorse-atiku-ohanaeze-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/2019-presidency-we-didnt-endorse-atiku-ohanaeze-secretary-general","title":{"rendered":"2019 presidency: We didn\u2019t endorse Atiku \u2013 Ohanaeze Secretary-General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The endorsement of Atiku Abubakar by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo as its choice presidential candidate has been described as a huge lie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-4\" data-google-query-id=\"CNL13JbQjuACFYKoUQodICYPYg\">\n<p>Speaking with reporters in Awka on Sunday, the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Barr Uche Okwukwu said that there was never a meeting of Ime-Obi Ohanaeze where the body endorsed a candidate for Ndigbo.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe Ohanaeze Ndigbo never held a meeting of the Ime-Obi where we endorsed any candidate for the 2019 presidential election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-google-query-id=\"CNP13JbQjuACFYKoUQodICYPYg\">\n<p>\u201cSecondly, If we organize the Ime- Obi meeting, we inform members before hand and in the meeting, we also set up a communique committee that drafts the resolution or communique arising from the meeting which will be presented before the general house for ratification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo such thing was done and anybody purporting to have had any Imo-Obi meeting where Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was endorsed as our Presidential candidate is on his own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okwukwu further contended that the Ohanaeze Ndigbo as a body will soon hold the Ime-Obi meeting where it would discuss which presidential candidate it will endorse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-6\" data-google-query-id=\"CNT13JbQjuACFYKoUQodICYPYg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The endorsement of Atiku Abubakar by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo as its choice presidential candidate has been described as a huge lie. Speaking with reporters in Awka on Sunday, the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Barr Uche Okwukwu said that there was never a meeting of Ime-Obi Ohanaeze where the body endorsed a candidate for Ndigbo. 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