Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide National President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, has reported receiving death threats after congratulating President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
In a statement released on Saturday, Okwu revealed that some individuals who were displeased with his congratulatory message had threatened him, and that they had employed various methods, including the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies, to silence him.
Okwu said that the congratulatory message he sent to the President-elect was not meant to be political, but was to serve the interests of all Igbo people, regardless of their political affiliations.
He emphasized that Tinubu would be inaugurated as President on May 29, and that all aggrieved parties should await the outcome of the petitions in court.
He also called on security agencies not to allow themselves to be drawn into the political games.
According to the statement, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide National President remained unshaken, and would not be intimidated by selfish individuals who did not have the best interests of Ndigbo at heart.
He put the entire nation on notice that should anything happen to him, the sources of the attacks would be known.
The development has generated reactions from different quarters.
The Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned the death threats against Okwu.
In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, the group described the threat as barbaric, and called on the security agencies to investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Article updated 2 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
