The Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused the Federal Government of being discriminatory in the treatment of Nigerians of Igbo origin.
The group made the accusation against the backdrop of the case of alleged corrupt practices, bordering on properties, against the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
The group, in a statement issued by its President-General, Chief Nnia Nwodo, on Thursday said it would no longer fold its arms while Igbo people were being unjustly prosecuted.
The group said selective justice and marginalisation of Ndigbo, as the one in question, was responsible for the agitations by the young ones fighting for self-determination.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo said the current inquisition into Ekweremadu’s life was unwarranted.
According to it, declaring the Deputy Senate President as being corrupt without having been indicted was unacceptable.
“Sen. Ekweremadu is a revered Igbo son whose public image is very high and who has attracted a lot of development to his area; he has never occupied any public office where he was accused of embezzlement,” the statement reads in part.
The group faulted the system where people were probed and indicted based on whether or not they belonged to the ruling party.
The group cited examples of investigations into some individuals that had been dropped because they crossed over to the ruling party.
According to it, a former was being probed over corrupt practices, but immediately he crossed over to the ruling party, he had allegedly become immuned.
The group said it would no longer stand and watch the government single out people from Igbo origin for persecution.
It also advocated that restructuring of the country saying it would bring about a solution to the continuous discrimination.
