The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned a viral video in which a woman, a Canada-based individual, made threatening remarks about Nigerians of Yoruba and Benin heritage
The group said there was no sufficient evidence that the lady who posted the video was Igbo, adding that she did not in any way portray the Igbo character of thoughtfulness, discretion, self-censure, and equanimity.
The National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, refuted the claims in a statement issued on Wednesday in Enugu.
According to him, the attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a video clip making the rounds on social media that goes by the “name @Anyi_anambra on TikTok, “asking the Igbo to poison the foods of the Yoruba and Benin people.”
He said the miscreant “promised to encourage other Igbos to poison Yoruba and Benin people. Let Ndigbo get heart of wickedness and start poisoning Yoruba and Edo.”
“Ohanaeze would have ignored the social media video clip as coming from a deranged psychopath or one of the fictitious narratives, which with the Internet device was twisted, dressed, coated, and delivered to the unsuspecting and obliging public,”.
“It therefore becomes imperative for Ohanaeze to respond, especially when the National Publicity Secretary of the Afenifere, Mr. Jare Ajayi, forwarded the clip and requested prompt action.
“There is no Igbo man or woman that will contemplate throwing stones in a full market for the fear of who shall be the victim, as the Igbo travel more than any ethnic group in Africa.
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