Halt Igbo killings in the North, Kalu tells northerners

Former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, has decried recent killings of southerners and Christians in some parts of the North, declaring that such acts of violence are unacceptable.

Kalu, in a statement on Tuesday, said that he could no longer remain silent on such an issue, especially in the face of undue silence by some relevant segments of the society.

He said:  “It is unacceptable that whenever there is any disagreement or crisis of any sort in this country, the Igbos are targeted, whether the issue at stake concerns them or not. Whether the recent bombings and slaughters in churches are attributable to the hatred of western education or making the country ungovernable for the president, or even the alleged quest for revenge by the sect involved for the alleged extra-judicial killing of its leader, none of these issues has anything to do with the Igbos.

“It is beyond sheer coincidence that most of the killings are in churches attended predominantly by the Igbos. And the victims are innocent Ndigbo who know nothing of and are in no way connected with the issues for which they are being killed.”

He stated that he had watched “with extreme sadness” recent developments leading to the killing of some Nigerians of Igbo and Southern extraction in parts of the North.

He further stated: “The Igbos, as a group, have paid dearly for the unity of this country, and despite the pogrom that preceded the civil war, and the genocide against them during the civil war, they have continued to believe in and practically work for the unity of this country, settling in and developing the economies of all parts of this country despite the continued marginalisation and balkanisation of their region. Everywhere you go, you see the Igbos. We are the salt of the nation.

“Everyday, Igbo people in the North are now being slaughtered in huge numbers, and the Federal Government appears clueless, helpless and incapable of coming to the defence of these citizens. Unfortunately too, Northern political leaders have made statements and interventions — at levels that further question  the essence and founding vision of one Nigeria — notwithstanding the obnoxious dimension of carrying out such killings in holy places of worship.”

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