Group Condemns Attack on Igbo Traders, Tells INEC, Police What to Do

A group of Igbo youths under the aegis of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has described the the attack on the Igbo traders who came to register for their Permanent Voters Card, PVC, in Lagos as wicked and barbaric

The President General of the Coalition, Hon. Goodluck Ibem in a statement issued Friday described the attack by thugs against Igbo traders as wicked, barbaric, and unacceptable.

He demanded that the Independent National Electoral Commission apologize.

Ibem demanded that those hoodlums who attacked Igbo law-abiding citizens performing their civic duties be arrested and prosecuted.

The COSEYL president noted that such an incident occurring in a voter registration center shows a serious security lapse in the state.

Ibem added that “The Commissioner of Police and other security agencies are not living up to expectation, Something urgent needs to be done to avoid a recurrence of such ugly incident.”

They warned those thugs and their sponsors not to dare such attack again on Igbo traders or else they will meet a corresponding response.

He said: “Nobody has a monopoly of violence. Enough of such insult on Ndigbo.”

They also called on the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu to make arrangements of 100 voter registration centers at the Alaba international market to enable the traders to register for their PVCs because that is the only way to avoid such fruition.

The COSEYL said that Ndigbo has never attacked Yorubas living in South East so why the attack on innocent and law-abiding Igbos who just obeyed the law by coming out to register for their PVCs.

He said: “We demand an apology to Ndigbo within the next 7 days.”