This Nigeria
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned Lauretta Onochie, an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari over her statement on the calls for the release of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Onochie had berated Igbo elders and religious leaders for appealing to the President to order the release of Kanu from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The media aide described them as “political neonates who are also, ignorant of the laws of the land.”.
Reacting to Onochie’s response, National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Alex Ogbonnia said that the president’s aide denigrated her kinsmen for acceptance into another group.
“In the first place, I doubt if it falls within the official circumference or schedule of duties of Lauretta Onochie to respond to a letter of passionate appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari on the release of Mazi Nnadi Kanu and other problems currently afflicting Ndigbo.
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“It is also curious that the response from Onochie came barely less than 48 hours after the letter was dispatched to the Presidency. Furthermore, most people share the views that the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Femi Adesina or Garba Shehu would have been more articulate and circumspect in responding to a letter from the Council of Traditional Rulers, Archbishops and the Clergy from the Igbo ethnic group.
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