South East Lawmakers Demand Arrest Of #Igbomustgo Campaigners

Senators and House of Representatives members from the South-eastern states have called on the police and other security agencies to arrest social media handlers circulating the #IgboMustGo, online with the Cybercrime Act.

Leader of the South-east caucus in the senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe and his counterpart in the House, Igariwey Enwo, made the call in a statement jointly signed yesterday on behalf of federal lawmakers from the South-east. The #IgboMustGo is a social media campaign for the forced relocation of Igbo people from Lagos and other South-west states of the country within one month. It gained traction on social media since the beginning of the 10’day #EndBadGovernanance nationwide protest, which commenced on August 1. Reacting to the social media campaign, the lawmakers said such a campaign was what degenerated into a civil war that claimed the lives of millions of Nigerians.