Peace At Last: Ohaneze Resolves Leadership Crises

Just penultimate week that Chief Sunday Ossai, the newly-elected president of Ohaneze Ndigbo Lagos State, spoke with Eastern Eye Magazine on the crisis that engulfed the socio-cultural organization after his election, frayed nerves have been calmed with the formal inauguration of the new leadership. In a serene ceremony held in Lagos on Saturday, Chief Ossai was presented his long-delayed certificate alongside other elected members by a Chieftain of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Kalu Onuma. After the presentations of the certificates, Chief Onuma exhorted the new executive to bury the hatchets, remain united and carry everybody along in its activities in the state. He cautioned them on the need for forgiveness, total reconciliation and unity in the Ohaneze Ndigbo Lagos state chapter. In response, Chief Ossai said he had settled for a peaceful resolution all the while and was happy peace had finally returned to the organization. He stated that the peaceful inaugur...