The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Thursday said the Nigeria Army was allegedly clamping down on Igbo youths, as well as secretly killing them. The group which condemned the alleged act, said the secret arrest and labelling members of Indigenous People of Biafra, and its Eastern Security Network without evidence of arms, violence or crime was cowardly and unacceptable. It said what the army was doing was a calculated attempt to subdue South-East by a military dominated by one section of the country for Fulani herdsmen to overrun Igbo communities. The statement read in part, “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to ongoing massive arrests of Igbo youths by the Nigerian Army. “We stand on a firm wicket that it is ruthless to arrest any Igbo in the guise of membership of a terrorist organization unless there is sufficient evidence of crime or unlawful possession of fire arms.

Source: Punch April 23, 2021 00:48 UTC