The leadership of the Lagos State chapter of the Ohaneze N’Digbo Worldwide, has said the arrested Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, Chief Fredrick Nwajagu does not represent and spoke on its behalf.
The President of the socio-cultural group, Chief Solomon Ogbonna-Aguene, who made this denial, said Nwajagu should face the music alone, adding that he spoke out of his interest.
“He (Igbo leader) did not discuss his statement with any of us. The comments are his personal decisions and for his personal interests. Ohanaeze does not support such comment as its views.
“There are some comments that should not be heard from us as a socio-cultural organisation. We are supposed to be apolitical.
“We are not in support of what Chief Fredrick said. For him to mention that he is going to bring IPOB to Lagos is completely unnecessary. No Igbo person will support such arrangement. So, he is the one that will answer for himself. Let him go and face the music,” he said.
Ogbonna-Aguene explained that Igbo people had not found things easy with IPOB even in the South-East, stating that it was unfair for Nwajagu to threaten to invite the group to Lagos.
“Why then should he bring it up here in Lagos? If he wants to speak to IPOB, he should have met with them in his personal capacity, not as Eze Igbo. Who gave him the power to speak on Igbo interest,” Ogbonna-Aguene queried.
Also, the Chairman, Supreme Council of Ndi-Eze, Lagos State, Mr Omega Lawrence, said Nwajagu was not an Eze in Lagos
The Lagos State Police arrested him after a leaked video, which showed the Eze saying in both English and Igbo that he would invite the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to protect the property of Igbo people living the state.
The state police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the chief was arrested by the state police and handed over to the DSS.
He said, the DSS is in charge of anything associated with terrorism.
The video has gone viral and in circulation, accordingly to Hundeyin.
Hundeyin said, “We must have our security so that they will stop attacking us at midnight, in the morning and the afternoon.
“When they discover that we have our security, they will think twice before attacking us. I am not saying a single word to be hidden.”
He also charged the public to make his claims go viral