OHANAEZE NDIGBO SAYS YORUBAS ARE NOT POLITICAL RASCALS.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide yesterday said Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu never referred to Yorubas as political rascals, while speaking during an event to mark the one year in office of the Governor of Anambra State Chukwuma Soludo, in Awka, Anambra State, on Saturday, branding the report as false.

Ohanaeze in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary Alex Ogbonnia in Enugu insisted the report was a typical falsehood, fabricated by social media entrepreneurs to create inter-ethnic mistrust between the age-long partners in the religious, cultural, social, and economic development of Nigeria.

Ogbonnia said Iwuanyanwu only drew the attention of the audience and the general public to the fact that the Ndigbo and Yoruba people were neither fighting nor quarreling, implying that the Yoruba were a friendly group of people, adding that those who attacked Ndigbo in Lagos recently are rascals who should be arrested.