The Bishop Diocese on the Niger, Rt. Rev. Owen Nwokolo has told security agents in Lagos State to do their job and stop pretending they are not seeing the attacks on Igbos or that they are employed to protect a particular ethnic group in the state.
Nwokolo made the call in the Bishop’s Charge he delivered to the 2nd Session of the 32nd Synod of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Diocese on the Niger, at St John’s Anglican Church, Fegge, Onitsha South Local Government Area, Anambra State.
He also charged the Federal Government, Lagos State government and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to halt the attack on Ndigbo in Lagos State, and protect Ndigbo and their businesses in the state to avoid escalation or reprisal.
The Bishop described as unacceptable the continued insults and hate speech by Lagos miscreants calculated to defame the personalities of Ndigbo, who live and lawfully go about their businesses in Lagos State.
He said, “The synod observes with grave indignation and an outright condemnation of the unwarranted attacks unleashed on the Igbo in Lagos State in recent months. The lives, property, and business concerns of the Igbo in Lagos have all these months remained objects of attacks for no just cause.
“Some miscreants have continued to insult the Igbo in the state with an unacceptable degree of hate speeches calculated to defame the personalities of the people who live and lawfully go about their businesses in the state.
“While the synod condemns the trend without equivocations, it sends a save-our-souls call on Lagos State Government, Federal Government, and security agencies to come to the aid of the Igbo in the state and arrest the situation before it escalates beyond control.
“The perpetrators of the physical and verbal attacks should be brought to book as their activities negate the nation’s constitutional provisions empowering every Nigerian to freely live and do lawful businesses in any part of the country.”
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