Rochas Okorocha, former Imo State governor, has cautioned against ethnic profiling of Igbos, maintaining that they are not murderers.
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Okorocha said this at the centenary celebration in honour of the former Premier of Eastern Nigeria, the late Michael Okpara, in Abuja on Wednesday.
There have been reported attacks on northerners in parts of the South-east, which has led to mass exodus from the region.
Ahmed Gulak, former aide to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, was assassinated in Owerri, the Imo State capital, last Sunday.
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The development has further heightened panic among people from the north living in the region.
“I appeal to all Nigerians to stop the ethnic profiling of the Igbo. They are not murderers, otherwise they won’t be in Kano or Lagos doing business. Indeed, we are passing through one of the ugliest moments of our history,” Okorocha said.
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