O haneze denies woman in viral video calling for poison attack against Yoruba, Benin people
The Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has declared that the lady in a viral video who called for the “Poison of Yoruba and Edo” on social media is not from its ethnic extraction.
The group, in a statement, clarified that there was no sufficient evidence that the lady who posted the video was Igbo.
Dr Alex Ogbonnia, the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, while making the refutation, said, “the attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a video clip making the rounds in the social media which goes by the “name @Anyi_anambra on tiktok “asking the Igbo to poison the foods of the Yoruba and Benin people”.
He said the miscreant “promised to encourage other Igbos to poison Yoruba and Benin people”, “Let Ndigbo get heart of wickedness and to start poisoning Yoruba and Edo.
“Ohanaeze would have ignored the social media video clip as coming from a deranged psychopath or one of the fictitious narratives which with the Internet device was twisted, dressed, coated and delivered to the unsuspecting and obliging public,”.
“It therefore becomes imperative for Ohanaeze to respond, especially when the National Publicity Secretary of the Afenifere, Mr. Jare Ajayi forwarded the clip and requested for prompt action.
“There is no Igbo man or woman that will contemplate throwing stone in a full market for the fear of who shall be the victim as the Igbo travel more than any ethnic group in Africa.
“They also create homes away from home wherever they are found. They mix up or integrate with the local community and contribute to developing every community they find themselves.
“Based on the foregoing, two major derivatives emerge: if one should poison food in Lagos or Ibadan or Benin, is there any guarantee that the first victim will not be Igbo?” he asked.
