The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has demanded an unreserved apology and restitution from the Senator representing Bauchi North, Adamu Bulkachuwa for allegedly saying that Ndigbo deserve death and elimination.
For Bulkachuwa, that is the right penalty for people he accused of harbouring criminals, rebels and arsonists.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo also called on the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan to publicly reprimand the senator as a deterrent to people like him who do not understand their oath of office and allegiance to the Constitution of Nigeria.
The Igbo socio-cultural group added that a senator must be seen to protect the interest of the entire country at all times.
Bulkachuwa, the Senate Committee Chairman on Foreign Affairs is alleged to have added that rather than the Igbo getting the presidency they clamour for, they deserved elimination from Nigeria.
However, responding to the senator’s comments in a statement yesterday, the apex Igbo organisation expressed shock and disbelief that a senator of the Federal Republic could make such incendiary remarks against the people of the region without provocation.
In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Alex Chiedozie Ogbonnia, Ndigbo emphasised that the demand by them to produce the next president was legitimate and within their rights under the laws of Nigeria.
According to him, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo condemns Bulkachuwa for spewing such hate speech on a major Nigerian ethnic group. It is highly inconceivable that a senator and the husband of a highly placed judicial officer, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa would harbour such an eviction wish for a significant section of the country,
“This goes to show clearly the wicked mindset of some people in power, who have no other objective, but to turn the country into a killing field in the pursuit of their hidden ethno-religious agenda.”
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, therefore, demanded an unreserved apology and restitution from Bulkachuwa for what it described as an unwarranted assault.
It also charged Lawan to reprimand Bulkachuwa publicly to deter others.
Ogbonnia added that, “I doubt if we can build a truly united country with such irresponsible conduct and legislative rascality by the likes of Bulkachuwa.
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