By Victor Arjiromanus

FOLLOWING the attacks on some Igbo people in some parts of Lagos State during the February 23, 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections, the South East Revival Group, SERG, has urged the Federal Government and security agencies to ensure no ethnic group is molested during Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections.

L-R: Deputy Director General, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu Campaign Independent Group (BOSICG), Cardinal James Omolaja Odunmbaku; Eze Ndigbo of Lagos, Eze H.N Ohazulike; APC Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu; his Deputy Governorship Candidate, Dr. Kadir Obafemi Hamzat; Financial Secretary of Council of Ndieze Lagos, Eze Nwajei Ofurile Ikechukwu and Eze Christian Nwachu, after the conferment of Ugo Chiunyere Eze Ndigbo tittle on Mr. Sanwo-Olu and his formal endorsement by the Ndigbo in Lagos………Today

In a statement by its National Coordinator, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the SERG noted said he was “baffled that Nigeria can degenerate into the level of anarchy witnessed during the presidential and National Assembly elections where ethnic groups were not only singled out for intimidation but thugs could burn ballot boxes and the entire votes cast in broad daylight without any immediate arrests.

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“We are deeply worried that verbal and physical attacks have continued to trail the elections which held penultimate Saturday. If not proactively checkmated, non-Yoruba tax payers whose taxes and levies form part of the money the would-be political officeholders are meant to appropriate would end up disenfranchised and forced never to have a say on who makes the appropriations on their behalf.”