Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed worry over the reports of hate songs against the Igbo people of the South East in some states of the north, saying that it must not be ignored.
Curiously, it is coming on the heels of a quit notice handed down to Ndigbo by a coalition of northern youth groups to vacate the region on or before October 1, this year.
The imbroglio generated by the ultimatum is yet to simmer down despite the litany of condemnations that trailed it.
Reacting to the ill developments on his Facebook page on Tuesday, the former President, largely known for his sermons of peace and unity reminded the purveyors of the hate message that a similar song in Rwanda prompted a genocide whose pangs were still being felt to date.
Like Rwanda, Nigeria had also passed through a 30 month civil war that saw over one million people dead and about the same figure languished in penury between 1967 and 1970.
While suing for peace, Jonathan who notably reinforced love for willingly relinquishing power to President Muhammadu Buhari after 2015 Presidential election urged the security apparatus of the country to halt the spread of the hate song.
He also condoled with the survivors and the families of the victims of the Anambra massacre and prayed for the soul of the departed.
