The leadership of Ohanaeze youth wing on Monday condemned Sunday’s explosion at the residence of President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo, and urged security agencies to fish out the culprits.
Police Spokesman for Enugu Police command, DSP Ebere Amaraizu, had confirmed that an explosion had occurred on Sunday at Ukehe country home of Nwodo in Enugu, damaging parts of the building while no life was lost.
Chief Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, a member of national executive of Ohanaeze youth arm said in Yenagoa that the incident was strange and urged the people in the area to be vigilant.
Arthur-Ugwa, who is also the coordinator of Ohanaeze Youth Wing in South-South, noted that the youths were in solidarity with Nwodo as he pulls through the shock by the incident.
“We, in the youth wing of Ohanaeze, are saddened by the development and condemn it while pledging to pray for the safety of the President-General of our parent body, Chief John Nnia Nwodo.
“This incident is unfortunate and we urge our leader not to lose focus on his task of unifying Igbos and building bridges of peace amongst Igbos across the world. Nwodo is a peace advocate and should put the incident behind him and move on.
“We frown at it, and we say no to the act as we await the response of the security agencies to unravel the cause of the explosion that went off on Sunday at Nwodo’s house.
“This is a distraction that should not be allowed to divert the attention of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership from its vision of repositioning the Igbos in Nigeria to play greater roles in the economic development of the country.
“We earnestly ask the security agencies to reinforce security around Nwodo to enable him function in his office while the perpetrators of this dastardly act should be arrested and prosecuted,” he said. (NAN)