The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned attacks on Igbos and their business during the 2023 elections in Lagos State.
Speaking in Awka, Saturday, during the occasion of the one-year anniversary of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo as Anambra State governor, the Chairman, Council of Elders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, described those responsible for attacks on Igbos as political rascals.
Reacting to remarks ordering Igbo to leave other regions, Iwuanyanwu said: “We are not going anywhere”, adding that southeastern natives are fellow Nigerians, who have “so much” investments in the country.
“I want to tell those in Lagos to realise that there is no war between us and Yorubas. They are just political rascals, and we’re going to handle them.
“The elders have directed the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, (Okey) Emuchay, to set up a commission of inquiry to find out things destroyed; people are going to pay,” he said.
Chief Iwuanyanwu said he called a meeting of the Ohanaeze Council of Elders worldwide on Wednesday, who X-rayed the events in Lagos.
“I want to tell you that people, who attended from our branches in America, Canada, Europe, London and Nigeria have resolved and I want those from Lagos to go home and tell those in Lagos.
“We have resolved that never again can we allow anybody to take the life of any innocent person. All of us are going to fight the person. Never again!” he said