By Adadareporters
The president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Friday, bemoaned the increasing cases of destruction of lives among Ndigbo in South East.
Chief Iwuanyanwu also condemned the manner security personnel are being killed in the region. He stated this in a release he personally signed, and made available to our correspondent in Enugu.
Quoting him, “My heart bleeds at the sad events in Igbo land where Igbos are, for the first time, killing fellow Igbos. I am equally very distressed by the rate at which the Nigerian security operatives are killed not only in Igboland but all over the country.
“Worse still is the suspected reprisal attacks where innocent Igbo sons and daughters from Mbano in Imo State have found their lives and means of livelihood completely destroyed.
“This situation is completely unacceptable to me. It is unacceptable to Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and indeed unacceptable to all honest, right thinking and patriotic Nigerians. I condemn it in strong terms.”
He added that Ohanaeze was sending a team, to be chaired by Barrister CJ Ihemedu, the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Imo State chapter, to do a holistic review on the matter. He called on the federal government ‘to fish out the perpetrators of various heinous crimes ‘and make sure they face the law’.
In his words, “I urge the federal government to put in place necessary security measures to forestall the reoccurrence of this sad event. Similar incidents have occurred in all the states of Southeast. As at now there seems to be no solution as the matter is even getting worse.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo is right now undertaking a total transformation of Igbo land. By this transformation, more job opportunities will be created in Igboland for school leavers; and infrastructure for business men and women.”
He sympathised, on behalf of all Igbos worldwide, with families of the security men who were gruesomely murdered, adding that, “We also sympathise with our people in Mbano, Imo state, whose shops and houses were destroyed during the reprisal attack.”
Iwuanyanwu prayed Almighty God ‘to take control of events in Igbo land so that we will once more enjoy peace, happiness and prosperity in our land’.
Recall that eight soldiers were last week burnt alongside their operations vehicle in Imo State.
