The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has pleaded with Yorubaland’s Aare Ona Kakanfo, Iba Gani Adams, to prevent Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, from inciting conflict between Yoruba and Igbo in Lagos State.
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that for some weeks now markets majorly dominated by Igbos businesses have been razed by fire.
The Olowu spare parts market in Lagos State was destroyed by fire on Thursday morning.
This occurred three weeks after the fire at Akere Spare Parts Market on Kirikiri Road, Olodi-Apapa in Ajegunle.
In response to the ongoing attacks, Ohanaeze Secretary-General Okechukwu Isiguzoro stated that it is becoming increasingly difficult to prevent the Igbos from retaliating.
He noted that the attacks appear to be motivated by factors other than winning the General Elections.
The apex Igbo group bemoaned the failure of the state’s governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to resolve the crisis.
A statement by Isiguzoro reads partly:
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, therefore, calls on Iba Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of the Yoruba nation to kindly use his revered office in bringing the situation to a halt.
Already, it is becoming a Herculean task to hold Ndigbo back from retaliation in the face of the sustained “genocide and crimes against humanity” being perpetrated against Ndigbo in Lagos by some “APC thugs” under the command of MC Oluomo with the State Government and security agencies watching the “horror movie”.
We are, however, consoled by the patriotic position of Afenifere under the valiant leadership of Pa Ayo Adebanjo and urge Ndigbo to remain law-abiding but “vigilant and on guard.
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