Southeast Governors Have Failed Leadership Styles – HURIWA

Civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Sunday, condemned southeast governors for failing to attend the funeral of the late President-General of the apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor, in Imo State.

In a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA maintained that southeast governors did not display true patrotism by not paying the due, well-deserved last respect.

According to HURIWA, Governors Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Charles Soludo (Anambra) essentially demonstrated their failed leadership styles that has led to persistent crises in the Southeast by their inexcusable absenteeism and failure to pay the final respects to the late Prof. Obiozor, leaving the host governor, Hope Uzodimma, to struggle in unison.

The group stated that voters in the zone should use the forthcoming March 11 governorship elections to elect real Igbo governors that will have the interest of the Southeast and Igboland at heart and not the present crop of political office-holders with zero communal interest.

Prof. Obiozor passed away on December 26, 2022.

Until his demise, he was the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide 

The statement reads in parts: “It is disappointing and intolerable that the South-East governors manifest no leadership zeal and passion for Igboland.

"Their absence at the burial of Ohanaeze Ndigbo President is just the icing in the cake in the cacophony of their failed leadership styles that has led to persistent crises in the zone.

“HURIWA calls for mass participation in the election and under no circumstances should any anti-Igbo foreign insurgent make voters sit at home during polls.

"Igbos should see this election as the best opportunity to elect real Igbo governors that will have the interest of the Southeast and Igboland at heart and the voters in the South East should never repeat the error of electing haters of Igboland into political offices."