Enugu: Ex-Ohanaeze chief Nwodo rejects Mbah’s marketing campaign council appointment

Former Minister of Information and ex-President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo Jnr., has publicly declined his appointment as a member of the Advisory Council to the Chairman of Governor Peter Mbah’s Gubernatorial Campaign Council.

In a letter dated twenty eighth October, 2026 and addressed to Governor Peter Mbah, Nwodo mentioned he found his identify in a media commercial itemizing him as a member of the marketing campaign council shortly after getting back from the United States of America, the place he had gone to see his kids after 4 and a half years with out bodily contact.

While thanking the governor for the respect and confidence reposed in him, Nwodo mentioned he most respectfully declined to carry such an workplace.

He defined that as President-General of Ohanaeze, he swore to be non-partisan, including that even out of workplace, he believed he should stay a father to all and be utterly non-partisan within the native politics in Igboland.

Nwodo pressured that his determination has no explicit or particular relevance to Governor Mbah, noting that he presently holds no membership card of any political social gathering and intends to maintain it so till he dies.

He mentioned this stance would allow him to intervene as a father in any intra-party disputes amongst Igbos in politics.

He added that his doorways stay open to all politicians within the state to counsel them on love and unity.

The former Ohanaeze Ndigbo boss, due to this fact, requested the governor to instruct his employees to delete his identify from all social gathering notices, together with his identify as a member of the Campaign Council.

The improvement has stirred recent political reactions in Enugu State forward of the 2027 governorship election, with observers describing Nwodo’s rejection as a serious setback for the Mbah marketing campaign organisation.