Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that it could no longer guarantee the civil response of its people to the continued killings of Igbo in some northern states of Nigeria.
The pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation has also said that stopping its youths from carrying out reprisal attacks over the years, even in the face of extreme anger, has been a difficult job and was not sure if it would continue to restrain them from doing so. The group said this on Wednesday while reacting to last Monday's bombing in Kano State in which so many Igbo people were killed. It urged Ndigbo to maintain peace while they await President Goodluck Jonathan's reaction to the latest "dastardly" act, but warned that in the future, "These Islamists fundamentalists' murderers must be tackled with the same ruthlessness with which they destroy lives."
A statement signed by the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, read, "We roundly condemn the sponsors and perpetrators of the continued cold blooded murder of fellow Nigerians. The Igbo nation is taking the heaviest toll on the casualty list and Ndigbo are grossly pained by this organised pogrom on her people.”
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