Imo Traditional Rulers through Okorocha surmones Oba of Lagos over Threat to Igbos

Imo Traditional Rulers through Okorocha surmones Oba of Lagos over Threat to Igbos

Rochas Okorocha, Imo State Governor, has set up a committee of prominent traditional rulers in the state to meet with the paramount ruler of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, over the death threat he purportedly issued to Igbos in Lagos on the condition if they fail to vote for the APC,candidate in the governorship election slated for Saturday.

The committee is headed by chairman, Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Sammuel Ohiri.

Okorocha, who is chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, in a statement issued yesterday in Owerri, through his SSA Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, said
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“though the traditional ruler was reported to have denied the report, it is not enough to accept that refutal without traditional rulers from the South-East meeting with him to discuss the controversy and the way forward. The meeting is also to ensure that the long existing cordial relationship between Igbos in Lagos and their host community remain commendable and enviable”.

“No serious Igbo man or Yoruba man would like trouble to exist between the Igbos and the Oba of their host community and limiting the attendant actions to comments on the pages of newspaper won’t solve the ripple”, he said.

The group was asked to leave for Lagos immediately.

The statement, therefore, called on Igbos in Lagos to remain calm and be good ambassadors of the group by not allowing the current misunderstanding to cause unnecessary rift between them and Yorubas.
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