Iwuanyanwu Clarifies: I Was Referring To Political Rascals — Not Yorubas

Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, chairman of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s elders’ forum, claims he has never termed Yoruba people “political rascals.”

Speaking at a ceremony commemorating the one-year anniversary of Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo, Iwuanyanwu said that “political rascals” were behind the ethnic profiling during the Lagos elections.

In response to the news, Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-political organization, urged the Ohanaeze to caution Iwuanyanwu not to offend the Yoruba race.

Iwuanyanwu claimed in a statement released on Monday that the words attributed to him were false.

“I want to make it abundantly clear that at no time did I make the statement credited to me by blackmail circulating on the social media that Yorubas are political rascals as this was fraudulently manipulated,” he said.

“I want to warn all perpetrators of this fake news that it is a criminal offense to circulate fake news against a peace-loving Nigerian. To avoid doubt, I am a senior citizen who has meritoriously served Nigeria.”

“What I did at the ceremony was to admonish Igbos who felt threatened by various attacks in Lagos that they have no cause to worry because there are no problems between Igbos and Yorubas.”