Nigerians protest Lagos monarch’s threat to Igbo at ICC

Nigerians in the diaspora under the auspices of the Transforma­tion Ambassadors of Nige­ria (TAN) have lambasted Oba Rilwan Akiolu for his threat to Igbo living in the commercial city.
Members of the group, who took their protest to the famous International Crimi­nal Court (ICC), at the Hague, the White House in Washing­ton D. C. and Nigeria High Commission in London, said the monarch’s alleged death threat to Igbo living in Lagos should his preferred candidate lose in the state’s governorship poll should not be treated with levity. They likened it to the hate speech that triggered Rwandan genocide and called on the International Criminal Court to investigate.

Spokesperson of the groChris Nsoedo pointed out that Igbo were always at the receiving end of any crisis even when they knew nothing about the develop­ment leading to it.
He said time had come for the government of Nigeria to be pro-active in preventing incessant attacks on South-easterners, who were known for their positive contribu­tions to their host communi­ties.
The group also urged Pres­ident-elect, Gen. Muham­madu Buhari to avoid seeing any particular ethnic group as his enemy, saying the entire country was now his constituency.
The group also commend­ed the National Coordinator of TAN, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah for championing the “liberation” of the Igbo in Lagos, urging indigenes of the South East to be united.