Igbo groups in Lagos, have dragged the Oba of Lagos, Akiolu to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for threatening to drown Igbos, in Lagos, in the lagoon if they failed to vote his preferred candidate, Akinwumi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship elections in the state.
In a petition sent to the Executive Secretary of the Commission, ((NHRC) Professor Bem Angwe, a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Abuja, on Wednesday, the Ohaneze-Ndigbo Lagos and Igbo Justice Congress called for the intervention of the Commission to forestall the threat by Oba Akiolu.
The petition, signed by Honourable Innocent Arinze for Ohaneze Ndigbo and Arinze Ugwu for Igbo Justice Congress, seeks the intervention of the commission to forestall the threat by the Oba.
“Sequel to a widely publicised write-up in almost all the national newspapers, on the 6th of April, on the aforementioned, we on behalf of the entire Ndigbo resident in Lagos State, solicit for your intervention to avert a carnage that might follow the Kabiesi’s threat as Ndigbo have always been targets of such threats in the past.
“We most courteously solicit your intervention in order to support the spirited and strident peace efforts of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, as enshrined in their noble peace accord agreement for a peaceful pre and post election periods,” the petition reads in part.
“Ndigbo, therefore, ask all the security agencies to save them from the threat of Oba Akiolu, as we are poised to exercise our franchise of voting for the candidate of our choice and defend same,” they declared.
They called on all Ndigbo in Lagos State to be law abiding and remain calm, as they are willing to do all within the law to protect their lives and properties, including seeking protection at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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