Some members of the Igbo Community Welfare Association of Kaduna State comprising of Igbo Community residents of Kaduna State from five state of South-East Geo-political zone have called on present leadership of the association to comply with recent court order restraining it from conducting scheduled election of the association slated for Saturday untill final determination of appeal filed in court on the said case.
The situation has sharply caused misunderstanding within some member of the association involved in the leadership crisis as some of them even staged a protest with placards to register their grievances over the issue at the venue of the scheduled election at command Guest-in Kaduna which they alleged was changed overnight from normal place of election as usual Chim Cherry Hotel Barnawa Kaduna.
In an interview with news men in Kaduna president of the Imo State Indigenes Welfare Association Kaduna State, Ogbuefi Basil and the Assistant Secretary General of Igbo Community Welfare Association Kaduna State Mazi Chiobi, said as tenure of current leadership of the association being led by Mr. Francies Ani who hails from Ebonyi State elapses there was a resolution reached by the overall delegates to shift bation of the association presidency to an Imo State indigene rather than what was earlier provided in the associations constitution for Abia State to take mantle of leadership of the association.
According to them they want all preparations to hold election the said election to be halted untill after the hearing, and determination of their appeal filed in court over issues contest in Kaduna State.
They further explained that suit earlier filed at the High Court Ten (10) in Kaduna State led by Justice Andrew Ando seeking for the court to intervene for the recognition of the mutual understanding reached amongst delegates to allow Imo state assume leadership of association was struck out not in their favor which led them to filed an appeal over the case last Wednesday.
They also pointed out to an earlier different Court injunction of the planned election for stay of execution of the appeal over the case in court.
They however accused Senior Special Assistant on Legal Matters Barrister Vitus Azuka Awuzie to Governor UBA Sani of Kaduna State to have masterminded the twist of event of the issue, and taking side for proceeding with the elections planned, while also rejecting the agreed resolution earlier reached for Imo State to be given leadership of the association, and the court order and appeal processes for stepping down election as scheduled until the final court verdict is pronounced over Issue.
