Meanwhile, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has condemned the appointment of a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, as acting Inspector-General of Police. The group said the injustice of the Federal Government was responsible for the growing agitations and insecurity in the South-East.
Ohanaeze National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, stated this in an interview, said it was most unfortunate that the President had chosen to sideline the people of the South-East in his recent appointment of service chiefs and now in the appointment of an IGP.
He said: “It's unjust and unfair to sideline the South-East in the security architecture of the country. Injustice promotes insecurity; it promotes all forms of crisis and problems. With injustice, there is no peace anywhere.
“What is happening in South-East today in form of agitations is as a result of injustice. So, we the elders are put in a great dilemma because the younger generation is attacking us and we've been telling them to hold on believing that the president would have a change of mind.
“We thought that the president would be concerned concerning the level of injustice, agitations and crisis we've in the South-East and would try to ameliorate these things but unfortunately, he is not thinking towards that direction. It's most unfortunate and Ohanaeze will come up with a stronger statement.”