Ohanaeze Blames Killing Of US Mission Staff On Worsening Insecurity

Apex Igbo socio- cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has attributed the killing of some American embassy workers in Anambra State by gunmen to the insecurity in the country.

Its national vice president, Chief Damian Okeke Ogene, who spoke to newsmen, described the incident as unfortunate.

He said it was regrettable that people on humanitarian work to the state were killed and burnt in that manner.

Ogene, who sympathised with the deceased’s families and the United States Embassy, said the entire Igbo race was in mourning even as he condemned the act as “barbaric, ungodly and unacceptable.”

The Ohanaeze chieftain called on the inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to set up a powerful team to unravel the circumstances that led to the gruesome murder of the aid workers involved in the incident with a view to bringing them to book.

“What is happening in Nigeria since the eight years of the present government is unfortunate, and is affecting the image of the country.

“Security agencies in this country should rise up to their responsibilities. We in Ohanaeze regret this. “We are in mourning mood. It is a calamity. It is not our way of life,” he said.