An Enugu Circumstance Top Courtroom, on Thursday, ordered that the scheduled election into the nationwide workplaces of the Igbo socio-cultural crew, Ohanaeze Ndigbo International, be performed with none interference.
The pan-Igbo socio-cultural crew had all set January 10, 2025, because the generation for a untouched election for all its nationwide positions. It’s been proposed that Rivers Circumstance will create the upcoming President Basic (PG) of the affiliation, with the election to be held on the Ime-Obi secretariat, 7 Soil Street, GRA, Enugu.
Justice N.R. Oji, on January 7, 2025, issued an form restraining Engr. Chidi Ibe, Mazi Okechukwu Ishiguzoro, and Well-known Richard Ozubu—named because the fifth, sixth, and seventh respondents within the swimsuit—from interfering with the electoral committee arrange through the outgoing President Basic of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu.
A former Governor of Imo Circumstance, Ikedi Ohakim, had filed swimsuit quantity E/01M/2025, dragging Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the outgoing PG Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu, Amb. Okey Emuchay, Well-known Ejiofor Onyia, Engr. Chidi Ibe, Mazi Okechukwu Ishiguzoro, and Well-known Richard Ozubu to the Enugu Circumstance Top Courtroom over the election.
The court docket ordered that the 3 respondents be cancelled from interfering with the tasks of the electoral committee and the proposed election.
The court docket form reads: “That the 5th, 6th, and 7th respondents are restrained, whether by themselves, their agents, partners, servants, representatives or privies, however described, from interfering with the electoral committee inaugurated by the 2nd respondent on 27th December 2024 and chaired by the 4th respondent, and/or conducting elections to the office of President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo (the 1st respondent) or any other office, contrary to the provisions of Article 11 of the 1st respondent’s 2004 constitution (the constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo enacted on 27th January 2004), pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.”
The court docket adjourned the listening to of the substantive swimsuit to January 22, 2025.