Anthony Iwuoma
A group, the South East Revival Group (SERG), on Tuesday, accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of targeting Ndigbo for harassment.
Reacting to Monday’s arrest of billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly called Obi Cubana, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering and tax fraud, the group demanded his immediate release.
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The SERG, in a statement, wondered why the President Buhari administration was subjecting the Igbo to undue harassment but turning a blind eye to some individuals “reasonably suspected of having committed deafening financial crimes”.
The statement partly read, “In recent times, former Governor Peter Obi and former Secretary to the Federal Government, Ayim Pius Ayim, have been targeted by anti-corruption agencies all of a sudden because of their possible emergence as presidential candidates in their party to challenge the status quo.
“So, such anti-Igbo phantom allegations, like the ones against Obi Cubana, are not new.
“Despite the long years of neglect of the South East region, self-made Igbo sons and daughters are now being subjected to all manners of media trials while others who are reasonably suspected of having committed deafening financial crimes are walking free on the streets because they’re not Igbo.
“We strongly believe that Obi Cubana is targeted because of the Anambra State governorship election on November 6 due to his popularity. They want to take him out of the state and embarrass him,” the statement said.