Ohanaeze Ndigbo Condemns The Residence Invasion Of Justice Mary Odili

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council of Elders has ex­pressed concern over the recent invasion of the Abuja residence and harassment of one of the illustrious daughters of Ndigbo, Jus­tice Mary Odili of the Su­preme Court by some peo­ple described as security agents.

The apex Igbo umbrella body’s Council of Elders, in a statement in Owerri, joined Nigerians to con­demn the invasion as an unwholesome act, even as it expressed displeasure over the embarrassment to the jurist.

“For the avoidance of doubt, any daughter of Igboland from the date of birth till death, is a bona­fide member of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, no mat­ter where they are married, either within or outside the country. They are full mem­bers of Ohanaeze Ndigbo while their husbands and children are honorary mem­bers of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.”

The statement signed by the Chairman of the council, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, recalled that Princess Justice Mary Odili, nee Nzenwa, is the daugh­ter of the first chairman of Nigeria Airways, His Roy­al Highness, Eze Barrister B S C Nzenwa, who was a renowned lawyer and poli­tician before his community called on him to ascend the throne of their ancestors.

Iwuanyanwu noted that Princess Justice Odili is married to His Excellency, Dr Peter Odili, a former gov­ernor of Rivers State, who made a lot of contributions towards the development of Rivers State, South-South, Southeast regions and Ni­geria as a nation.

He stressed that Ohanaeze Ndigbo would at all time rise to the defence of her sons and daughters when they were being sub­jected to unfair and unjust treatment.