The newly elected President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor speaks in Owerri following his emergence on January 10, 2021.A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo has dismissed a suit seeking the arrest, probe and prosecution of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor and other leaders of the group over alleged contempt.
The Onyeachonam-led Ohanaeze Indigbo General Assembly had, in the suit claimed that Obiozor and other leaders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who emerged from the recently conducted election, were in contempt by allegedly running an illegal organisation. The applicant said its resort to the court was because of the failure of the respondents to act on its letters to them on January 15, 2021 for the arrest and prosecution of Obiozor and others.