30/10/2025
PUBLIC STATEMENT
Ohanaeze UK has, by unanimous agreement, resolved to move forward and to formally dissociate from Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. It is now an established fact of history that the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has become unreliable, politicised, out of touch, and self-serving, having jettisoned both its own Constitution as a binding document and the customs and traditions of Ndigbo as its guiding principles.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, once presumed to champion and defend the interests, aspirations, culture, and traditions of Ndigbo, has by its actions, inactions, utterances, and complicity, become a fully fledged political organisation. It now functions as an extension of the South East Governors’ offices, serving political interests aimed solely at winning elections, thereby contributing to the continued underdevelopment of Alaigbo.
It is also necessary to reiterate the lack of integrity and patriotism within the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, whose duplicity and lip service to the plight and illegal detention of Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu stand as clear evidence of the moral bankruptcy of our once revered institution.
The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide now faces a crisis of confidence from Ndigbo at home and abroad, including Ohanaeze UK (Men). Their actions, inactions, and open political affiliations with discredited politicians and organisations in Nigeria and beyond have encouraged massive corruption, not only of our culture and traditions but also of the very institutions meant to protect the welfare of our people. Their silence and complicity have deepened poverty, eroded accountability among politicians, denied opportunities to our youths and graduates, and muted necessary calls to the Lagos State Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria to halt the ongoing illegal harassment, ethnic victimisation, and demolition of Igbo-owned homes and businesses in Lagos and elsewhere.
We seize this opportunity to stand in solidarity with every individual, community, and organisation whose lives and futures are under severe attack by the Nigerian government. We urge our people to remain calm and resolute, and to ensure that, come election time, their votes are never again used against the collective interests of Ndigbo in Nigeria.
We, Ohanaeze UK (Men), therefore formally and unequivocally dissociate ourselves from Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, which has now confirmed itself as a purely political organisation.
Mazi Acho Ndukwe - Interim President
Mazi Charles Obinwa - Interim Secretary
For Ohanaeze UK (Men)
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo UK is a non-partisan, non-sectarian pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation. We believe in and propagate Igbo culture and heritage (Omenala Igbo)