INDEPENDENT NG
The Council of Ezes led by Eze Hyacinth Nwabueze Ohazulike, the Eze NdiIgbo of Lagos State and chairman of Board of Trustees of the Ndieze Ndigbo in Diaspora, has denounced the detained Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Frederick Nwajiagu, who is being detained at the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Panti, Yaba, before taking to Ikoyi prison, over alleged threat to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) to help secure the property of Igbo people.
Speaking at a meeting with members of the Umuigbo Youth Progressive Association UYPA), who came from South East to seek counsel on how to overcome the challenges that Igbo youth are facing in the country, Eze Otisi N. Ikoro, Eze Udo Ndigbo of Ifako Ijaiye Local Government, who spoke on behalf of the council, said that Nwajiagu remains an Igbo son despite his statement, adding that he is not recognized by the council as eze and that he was self-appointed.
Eze Otisi, who is the Agadagbachiri Uzo Ndigbo, Lagos State and Oputaobie in Abia State, stated that Nwajiagu did not have the mandate of Eze Ndigbo of Lagos and his council or the generality of Igbo people to speak on their behalf.
However, Eze Otisi Ikoro promised that the Eze Ndigbo of Lagos will look into the matter after the Easter celebration when most of his council members that travelled to the East must have come back.
It would be recalled Nwajiagu has been in detention since last Friday after a combined team of policemen and operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) arrested him in Ejigbo, a suburb of Lagos, where he was taking refuge.
It was gathered that earlier that a group of Igbo leaders from Lagos and other parts of Igbo land had to obtain his bail but met a brick wall after they were told that investigation into the case was ongoing.
However, one of the lawyers said, “We were there in numbers and we made it clear to the police that our client had spent more than 72 hours in detention and should be granted administrative bail. But, they insisted that we should allow them to complete their investigations.
“We are still wondering whether a mere threat to invite a protective group to help aggrieved people when authorities concerned, including security agencies, woefully failed to do their duties, is such a heinous crime that will make an innocent man be so unjustly incarcerated.”
