The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), the apex sociocultural youth organisation of the Igbo race worldwide, has demanded an immediate apology from the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, over what it described as divisive comments concerning the terms “Igbo minorities” and “Igbo majority.”
The organisation, under the leadership of its National President, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, gave the governor a 48-hour ultimatum to withdraw and apologise for the statement, insisting that there is no distinction between “minority” and “majority” Igbo people anywhere in the world.
Governor Uzodimma had, while delivering his Independence Day address on October 1, 2026, questioned why what he described as “Igbo minorities” were being presented as the majority representatives of the Igbo people in President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Reacting to the comment on October 5, 2026, Comrade Igboayaka said the Igbo race remains one indivisible people, regardless of where its members reside.
According to him, there are no “lesser,” “greater,” “superior” or “inferior” Igbo people.
He warned Governor Uzodimma against using ethnic sentiments in what he described as personal political battles, stressing that such rhetoric does not serve the collective interests of Ndigbo.
Comrade Igboayaka also criticised what he described as divisive rhetoric among some Igbo politicians, accusing them of prioritising personal political interests over the development and unity of the Igbo people.
He challenged Governor Uzodimma to focus more on attracting major infrastructure and economic projects to the Southeast, particularly the dredging and development of the Ose-Akwa Ihiala and Ose-Motto Ugota waterways, rather than making statements capable of creating divisions among Ndigbo.
The OYC President further urged Governor Uzodimma to emulate Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, whom he said had attracted attention to the proposed Gateway Deep Sea Port project in Ogun Waterside, reportedly valued at about $7 billion and partnered by DP World.
Comrade Igboayaka maintained that the Igbo people cannot be divided into “minorities” and “majorities,” regardless of their state or location.
He cited the Jewish people as another example, noting that despite the existence of different tribes among the Israelites, they are not regarded as separate categories of “majority” and “minority” Jews.
The OYC leader expressed concern over what he described as the declining quality of leadership among the Igbo, accusing some politicians of sacrificing collective interests for personal political gains.
He therefore called on Governor Uzodimma to correct what he described as the erroneous reference to “Igbo minorities” and “Igbo majority” within 48 hours.
Comrade Igboayaka warned that failure to do so would attract what he described as the “wrath of Ndi-Ichie, Ndi-Egede, Ndi-Okpu and the Supreme Almighty God.”
He stressed that an Igbo person indigenous to Benue, Bayelsa, Rivers, Kogi, Delta, Edo, Akwa Ibom or Cross River is neither inferior nor a minority compared with an Igbo person from Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, Abia or Enugu.
“The Igbo race is one, and no Igbo person is superior or inferior to another based on geographical location,” he maintained.
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