Crises appear to be building up in the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos State chapter as a section of the executives have disowned the recent statement credited to its President, Chief Solomon Ogbonna, that the Igbo originated from Ile- Ife, not from Israel as held by majority of Ndigbo.
During a recent visit to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ogbonna had corroborated the Ooni’s analogy that Ile-Ife in Osun State is the ancestral home of the Igbo.
In an interview with Daily Sun in Lagos recently, Chief Evelyn Okere Onyung, Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos, condemned the assertion by the Ohanaeze leader, saying: “It is totally unacceptable for Chief Solomon Ogbonna, as leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos, to travel to Ile-Ife in Osun State, assume the role of chief spokesman of the Igbo race, and begin to speak on issues that he clearly has no knowledge about. Read more