Group cautions Osinbajo, Ajimobi against instigating Yoruba-Igbo feud
A
pan-Igbo socio-political pressure group, the South East Revival Group,
SERG, has urged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Abiola Ajimobi
of Oyo State to exercise restraint in their utterances as the country
goes into general elections next year to avoid pitching their Yoruba
ethnic group against the Igbo.
The national co-ordinator of SERG,
Chief Willy Ezugwu in a statement issued in Abuja, yesterday, recalled
that “while speaking at the Alaafin’s palace, the Vice President had
urged the Yoruba to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari to pave way for
Yoruba presidency in 2023, but Governor Ajimobi took the narrative
higher by declaring that the 2019 election was between the Hausa and
Yoruba alliance on one hand and the Hausa and Igbo on the other.
“We
condemn in strongest terms possible, this brand of ethnic politics and
this unprovoked and unjustified attacks on Igbos by the two Yoruba
leaders. Such utterances can spark ethnic cleansing or inter-tribal
crisis.
“Nigerian leaders must live by example and avoid hate
speech ahead of 2019 general elections. This is important because we
must have a country first before we can think of who rules over its
affairs.
“Nigeria is bigger than our regional ethnic sentiments. We
should rather focus on issues of justice and peaceful coexistence to
save the country from disintegration.”
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