The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Monday, said, it is under pressure to call on its tribesmen to join the growing protest against rising cost of living.
Under the strain of hard times, residents of some states, the latest; Oyo, took to the streets to call out the federal government.
While states from the north and southwest have recorded protests that of Southeast whose people are usually anti-Tinubu have stayed out of it.
Ohanaeze President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, said he refused to cave in to pressure to make the Igbos join the fray.
Iwuanyanwu stated this on Monday in a nationwide address to Igbos in which he said, “The best thing for us as Igbo is to rally around President Tinubu and to do what we can to enable him to complete his tenure. Igbo are opposed to military rule. We prefer a democratic government where we can express our views.
“I have received many entreaties from many parts of the country requesting me to call Igbo to join in demonstration and violent action against the government. As your leader, I am directing that no Igbo group or community in Nigeria or in the Diaspora should join in this action. I am still studying the situation.”
