The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent comments on insecurity in the South-east. Mr Buhari, on Saturday, condemned attacks against “non-indigenes” and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South-east. It needs to be added that the solution to the insecurity in the South-east lies in the enormous powers of the presidency,” Mr Ogbonnia said. The group accused Mr Buhari of ignoring the South-east and appointing service chiefs based on “ethnocentric and religious considerations as against military competence”. They stressed that tackling insecurity in the South-east would be difficult in the face of the alleged continuous marginalisation of the region.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2022 22:45 UTC