‘Ethnic Profiling Of Igbos Is Unwarranted, Stop’ – South-East National Assembly Caucus

The south-east caucus of the national assembly has expressed displeasure over the ethnic profiling of the Igbos in Lagos State and other southwest states.

Naija News reports that leaders of the south-east caucus in the Senate and House of Representatives, Enyinnaya Abaribe and Igariwey Enwo, in a statement on Friday, described the ethnic profiling as unwarranted and must stop.

The southeast legislators were reacting to a trending post on X #IgboMustGo which gives the Igbo a one-month ultimatum to relocate their businesses from Lagos and other south-west states.

The caucus said even though the southeast geo-political zone has largely not participated in the nationwide protest, it is wrong to allege they are instigators of the demonstration.

They further asked Igbos across the country to remain law-abiding and not join the protest.

The statement reads, “We are, therefore, surprised and disappointed that Igbos are still made scapegoats and targeted as instigators of protests, as shown in several statements (such as the Igbo Must Go hashtag and call by a certain ‘Lagospedia’ X (Twitter) handle) and videos seen online.

“This dangerous ethnic profiling is unwarranted and must stop. It was such profiling that led to the millions of deaths in Nigeria from the 1950s to the unfortunate civil war in 1967 to 1970.

“Elsewhere in Africa, it led to the genocide in Rwanda and the xenophobia in South Africa. Such should not be our fate again in Nigeria.

“We demand, therefore, that the security agencies bring to book the purveyors of these hate speeches in line with the Cybercrimes Act and criminal laws of the country.”