Ume elected President Ohanaeze Ndigbo Oyo State

The Adamasingba stadium in Ibadan Oyo State was agog on Saturday December 14th as Igbo residents in Oyo state turned out enmass to vote for executives for the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Oyo State .

The positions contested for are President, Vice President , Public Relations Officer , Treasurer, Financial Secretary, General Secretary, Youth Leader, Legal, Provost , Welfare, Publicity and Woman leader .

Following the withdrawal of some contestants, positions eventually contested for are that of the PRO, Treasurer , President, Youth leader and Women leader.

High Chief Engr Benjamin Okorie the out going President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Oyo state while commending the electoral process said ” Today’s event is a climax of various actions and activities organized by Ndigbo towards a streamline transition from my position as the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Oyo State and all the other officers under me into a new executive of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Oyo state . Anybody that is here can see a very peaceful atomphere, the transparency ,and the manner of all Ndigbo Oyo state, from the various zones coming together to produce the executive . I want to say that the national leadership of Ohanaze Ndigbo is aware of what is happening here today. Until 12:10pm today, I was in touch with the national president’s office and they are all aware of what is happening here . To God be all the glory. What is happening is wonderful . The turn out is massive, never seen before in Oyo state . the zeal is to have a peaceful co existence . We have series of problems over the years but this time around, the Igbos have come together that they want peace in oyo state. Secondly, this is an all encompassing election in Oyo ,people came from Oke-ogun, Ogbomosho, Sakin, igboho, from Oyo igbeti “.

Urging the contestants to continue to embrace peace and unity , High Chief Okorie said ” The aspirants have done very well in their campaigns and there has been no issues, or acrimony it has been about the love for the igbo community . losing is not a lost but to give you another opportunity to perform what you want to do another time . I am begging those who do not participant in the election to come together. We have the strength and we need to harness all our talents towards the betterment of Ndigbo in Oyo state”.

Also , commenting on the peaceful conduct of the election, His Royal Highness Eze Okafor James Nduka JP, the Eze Ndigbo of Ibadanland and Yoruba land said ” Today is a great day. Since 2011, Igbos for the first time converged in Ibadan to elect thier executives. There must be an opposition but we can see that the turn out is 90 percent as testament to the peace and unity Igbos in Oyo state want . From all the nook and crannies of Oyo state, from ibarapa, Eruwa, Oyo among others , the offices are zoned so that all the zones are carried along. We appreciate the executive governor of Oyo state . My advice to the contestants is for the winners to embrace the losers and form an alliance for the betterment of the Ndigbo in Oyo state and the society at large”.

A 75 years old man who cast his vote during the election said the election was transparent and Nigeria should emulate the electoral process He says ” My name is Bernard Nwake I am 75 years old . The election is a great one , if the election is like this in Nigeria, then Nigeria will be great”.

At the conclusion of the voting process, Mr. Okechukwu Ume was elected the President of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Oyo state while Mr. Michael Chibuzor Okafor the Chief Executive of Real Access Property Limited was elected as the Publicity Secretary

RESULTS OF THE OHANAEZE NDIGBO OYO STATE 2024 GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD ON DECEMBER 14, 2024