Ohanaeze Condemns ‘Political Rascals’, Says No War Between Igbo, Yoruba In Lagos



Chairman, Council of Elders, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has blamed individuals, whom he described as political rascals over the ethnically charged rhetoric against the Igbo in Lagos State.
During the elections, particularly last Saturday’s governorship election, incendiary dialogue led to targeted attacks on voters of southeastern extraction in the state.
However, Chief Iwuanyanwu said, “I want to tell those in Lagos to realise that there is no war between us and Yoruba. They are just political rascals, and we’re going to handle them.” 

Iwuanyanwu spoke at a ceremony marking the one year in office of Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State on Saturday.  
According to him, “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.”
The Igbo elder stated that he convened a meeting of the Ohanaeze Council of Elders worldwide, which x-rayed the events in Lagos at a meeting held on Wednesday.
“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.
The Ohanaeze leader further asserted that southeastern natives were fellow Nigerians who had “so much” investments in the country. On the calls on Ndigbo sojourners to leave other regions, he said, “We are not going anywhere.”