By CHARLES IWUOHA, Abakiliki

The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex socio-cultural organization ofNdigbo, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has said that the body never congratulated President- elect, Bola Ahmed Tunubu, on his victory in the February 25, 2023 Presidential election.

OYC has therefore warned one Okwu Nnabuihe to stop impersonating the leadership of OYC forthwith, while advising the general public to be wary of such character.

Nnabuihe is the President of a parallel Ohanaeze Youth Council.

A statement signed by the National President of OYC, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, urged Ndigbo to ignore and dismiss Nnabuihe’s statement congratulating Tinubu as President-elect, describing it as misguided, beer parlour statement.

According to Igboayaka, “Bola Tinubu is the President-elect of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu,” He added that Ndigbo would not accept an open electoral fraud committed by the INEC Chairman.

The statement reads in part: “Igbo youths cannot congratulate Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has criminal charges of illicit drug dealing business in the United States of America hanging on his neck, not to talk of the stolen mandate he has obtained through the electoral fraud and irregularities that marred the 2023 Presidential election.

“We call on every Igbo youth to keep their eyes on Mr. Okwu Nnabuihe over his orchestrated sabotage of Peter Obi’s presidential victory.

“Mr. Okwu Nnabuihe should know that he has murdered sleep and Ala Igbo won’t accommodate his continuous betrayal of the political interest of Ndigbo.

“Obviously, Bola Tinubu, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and their cohorts have murdered sleep and they wouldn’t sleep anymore.

“They have planted the seed of anarchy, disunity and disintegration in Nigeria by holding back the mandate given freely by Nigerians to His Excellency, Peter Gregory Obi.”

Reacting to the statement, Okwu Nnabuihe described Igboayaka’s assertions as untrue and unfounded.

Okwu challenged lgboayaka to prove to the world that he is the authentic National President of Ohanaeze Youth Council.