The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has warned that it will retaliate any attack on Igbo in Lagos or south west states, saying “enough is enough’ of such attacks.
Ohanaeze was reacting to a recent post from an X user, Lagospedia, calling for the eviction of Igbo from Lagos and the entire south west region.
Recall that the promoter of Lagospedia has since been arrested by the police, as the Lagos state government warned that it will not permit such threats in the state.
Governor Babajide Sanwo–olu has declared that the state is for all Nigerians, and no descrimination would be permitted against Nigerian.
Reacting to the threat, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said in a statement of Saturday, that any attack on Igbo will now be met with severe retaliation, adding that Igbo are also Nigerians, and should not be discriminated against in any part of the country.
Nnabuike said Igbo are not “second class’ citizens in their own country, saying they should be treated with respect.
The statement said in part, “We want to unequivocally declare today that Ndigbo are not cowards; our forefathers were not cowards; they were brave, and so are we.
“We warn those fanning the embers of discord not to mistake the calmness of the lion for weakness; we are not afraid and should not be pushed to the wall by faceless miscreants.
“Any attack on Ndigbo by anybody will be met with unimaginable retaliation. We are not second-class citizens of this country. No one is more Nigerian than the Igbos.”
The magazine reported that some Igbo residing in Lagos, were prevented form voting in Lagos during the 2023 general elections after they were threatened by some non-state actors believed to be working for the state government.
