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Killing by Ibo man abomination, says Ohaneze Ndigbo

Ohaneze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural group championing the cause of Ibo ethnic tribe in Nigeria, has lamented the incessant killings in the region.

The group said there are consequences for killing by a person of the Ibo race.

Dr Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the group’s national publicity secretary, said in his statement that the development was strange to Ibo culture.

“Among the Igbo, the killing of a human being is an abomination, which attracts heavy sanctions including ostracism for a stipulated number of years.

“If the ostracised dies before the expiration of the sanction period, the corpse is condemned to an evil forest or will not be accorded a befitting burial.

“The sad end of Okonkwo in the Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe reveals the Igbo reflexes on murder cases.

“It is not in the Igbo character. We are at loss over the ugly development in Igbo land.

“The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ambassador Professor Obiozor, is in grief over the rate at which the South East has degenerated into a killing field,” he said.

Ohaneze further said, “Sometimes, we begin to wonder whether the local non-state actors have the strategic capacity to overwhelm the well-fortified correctional centres, police stations, etc or the benefits one stands to derive from such savagery.

“While we are still mourning the gruesome murder and the cruel display of the head of a serving member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, a report was received that some Northerners were killed in some locations in the same Anambra State.

“As it stands, the burning of buildings, police stations, the killing of human beings, kidnappings, etc, has now become a daily occurrence in Igbo land. This is a very sad development”, the statement read.

 

 

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