Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex-Igbo socio-cultural group has described the killing of three Igbo traders by airforce personnel on Tuesday at the Aguiyi Ironsi International Trade Centre, Ladipo Market, Lagos State, as callous and cowardly.
Ohanaeze’s national publicity secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, said in a statement that the incident that led to their death was unacceptable.
The organization warned against trifling with the lives of Igbo people by any group, adding that Igbos have been victims of similar reckless killings.
“The Ohanaeze Ndigbo condemns the incident as most cruel, brutish, barbaric, cowardly and premeditated. The Igbo have paid the supreme prize with fortitude and equanimity, in various circumstances even beyond the degrees of their daily activities.
“Most of the time, the culprits or perpetrators are not identified; but in this case, the timid military officer that mobilized his boys for a massacre is known.
“Ohanaeze urges Igbo stakeholders to leave no stone unturned in pursuing this matter to its logical conclusion; bearing in mind that the killing of three Igbo traders is a dot in an Igbo circle”.
