The South East Caucus of the National Assembly (NASS) has condemned the continued ethnic profiling of the Igbo over the nationwide #Endbadgovernance protest across the country.
A statement signed by the southeast leaders of both chambers of the National Assembly, Senator Enyinaya Abaribe and Rt. Hon Igariwey Iduma Enwo, further described as unfortunate and dangerous, the ethnic profiling of the Igbo in the ongoing mass protests across the country.
“For the records, the Igbo nation, in obedience to the advice of their leaders, Governors, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, parliamentarians and others in the private sector, had taken a reasoned and strategic decision not to participate in the on-going nationwide protests,” the statement emphasised, adding that this was evident in the relative calm experienced in the five South Eastern states.
“We are, therefore, surprised and disappointed, that the Igbo are still made scapegoats, and targeted as instigators of protests, as shown in several statements, such as the Igbo Must Go hash tag and the call by a certain ‘Lagospedia’ X(Twitter) handle and videos trending online.
“This dangerous ethnic profiling is unwarranted, and must stop. It was such profiling that led to the millions of deaths in Nigeria from the 1950’s to the unfortunate civil war between 1967 and 1970. Elsewhere in Africa, it led to the genocide in Rwanda and the xenophobia in South Africa.
“We demand that the security agencies bring to book the purveyors of this hate speeches in line with the cybercrime act, while we continue to appeal to the Igbo across the country to stay away from the protests, and remain law abiding.”
