Lauretta Onochie, the Aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, has attracted the anger of Ohaneze Ndigbo for insulting the monarchs and the clergy over the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu.
The monarchs and the clergy had on Sunday, demanded the release of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
In her response to the leaders, Onochie stated that the call for the release of Kanu is unreasonable and described the leaders as “political neonates who are also ignorant of the country’s laws.”
In a statement signed by Alex Ogbonnia, spokesperson of Ohaneze Ndigbo on Wednesday, the group slammed Onochie for disrespecting the Igbo clergy and traditional rulers.
The group termed her comments as despicable and sacrilegious and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the presidential aide.
They also asked the traditional ruler of Onochie’s hometown of Onicha Olona in Aniocha North LGA of Delta State, Obi Christopher, Uzu Diji to call Onochie to order.
Excerpt of the statement by Ohaneze Ndigbo:
“Lauretta Onochie is from Onicha Olona in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.
“The traditional ruler of her community is HRM Obi Christopher Diji. Onochie knows the reverence and honour that go with the titled men and traditional rulers in all the Igbo communities. Also, as a Christian, Onochie knows that the clergymen are representatives of God here on earth.
“Therefore a letter jointly sighed by the Igbo traditional rulers and the Archbishops should command the respect of even the most unscrupulous.
“The obnoxious role of denigrating one’s kinsmen to be fully ingratiated and assimilated in the other group is as old as mankind. However, the entrepreneurs of betrayal has never ended well.”
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