Cajetan Mmuta, Awka
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide has condemned the attack on Ndigbo and the wanton destruction of their goods as well as their  properties nation wide without government intervention, describing it as unacceptable.

The national Vice President of the  organization Chief Okeke Ogene stated this on Thursday in reaction to the alleged attack on Wednesday on Ndigbo at the Akere spare parts market Olodi Apapa Lagos.

He likened what is currently happening in Lagos State  as a replica of what happened in 1966, in which over three million Igbos were killed, which was described as the worst  human genocide in West African sub Saharan.

The reaction was against the backdrop that  thugs attacked on Ndigbo and burning down of  their hard earned  goods and property in the market .

Chief Ogene  observed with nostalgia the continued silent on the part of the federal government over the killings, maiming and burning of the properties of the people of the Southeast Nigeria in virtually every part of the country, particularly, in the northern and western Nigeria as a dangerous presedence.

He called on the  Lagos State governor Sanwa – Olu  to urgently intervene in the on-going crisis between Ndigbo and the suspected thugs allegedly working for a certain political party  in the State before it degenerate beyond control.

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The Ohabaeze chieftain described the development as unhealthy for democratic process in Nigeria, pointing out that no tribe should be treated or seen as strangers in Nigeria because of political affiliation or choice even as he warned that no person or group has monopoly of violence.

He further cautioned that henceforth Ndigbo would resist any attempt by any tribal group or organization that may want to unleash mayhem on them under any guise in any part of the country.

Chief Ogene urged the federal government to act quickly to avoid a repeat of the 1966 civil war in the Western Nigeria.

According to him, “I also want to call on the Wester brothers to look inward and find a lasting solution to the urgly development, because this country belongs to all of us”.

“I advise the Igbos to be law abiding and always strive to live in peace with their neighbors wherever they find themselves.

Ndigbo are enterprising people who can fit in , anywhere in the world and survive under any condition, but that disposition and our resilient, commitment to peace should not be taken for granted ”

An eye witness had disclosed that, “They (thugs)  came in their numbers and shot dead a security guard and two other persons before razing down facilities in the market