Controversial post on X champions #IgboMustGo protest

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00:00In a controversial post that went viral on an ex-handle formerly Twitter

00:05Negotiants and other Southwest stakeholders were called upon to prepare for a massive protest titled

00:11Igbo must go which was stated to take place from August 20th to 30th of August

00:16There was also the claim of constant disrespect by the Igbos which was said to have exceeded the tolerance limits

00:23We need to come out and protest

00:26Igbo are disrespecting our institution, they disrespect our traditional ruler, they disrespect all our all our headers and

00:34They can't take it in their own space. Therefore, we must not fold our hand

00:38Before then the atmosphere in the country had already been heated with the incoming end bad governance protest fixed for August 1st to 10th

00:47The post stated that Igbos had one month to relocate their businesses from the Southwest state and charged all

00:54Yoruba people residents in the southeast to return home. Since then many prominent

00:59Nigerians including the Lagos state governor Babaji de Sonwolu and former vice president

01:05Atiku Abubakar have already condemned the Igbo must go agenda. The likes of Peter Obi and the pan-Yoruba

01:12sociocultural organization Afenifere have also called for the probing and

01:17Prosecution of those behind the divisive act as

01:20Nigerians have been implored to ignore these kinds of posts that tend to cut through our ties as

01:26Nigerians. To crown it all the president's speech on Sunday the 4th of July

01:31specifically addressed the issue as the president severely warned that those who have taken undue advantage of the situation of things to

01:39Threaten any section of this country should be warned as there is no place for ethnic bigotry

01:45So those who have taken undue advantage of this situation to threaten any section of this country

01:53Be warned

01:55The law will catch up with you

01:57There is no place for ethnic bigotry or such threats in the Nigeria

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