Okorocha bemoans tagging of Igbos, Fulanis as killers

 

Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has slammed the constant profiling of Nigerians of Igbo and Fulani stock as killers.

Okorocha made this call on Thursday, June 10, during plenary in Abuja, while calling on security agents to fish out those behind the killings and destruction of properties across the country.

Okorocha, who represents Imo West in the National Assembly, said it behooves Nigerians to remain grateful to God that the country had remained an indivisible entity despite multifaceted challenges.

According to him, just and equitable treatment of Nigerians, irrespective of ethnicity and religion, remained the panacea for national growth.

He stated: “In Imo, Borno and Sokoto states, there are cries for justice, and we must, as a senate, stop this ethnic profiling of our people. We must be able to separate criminals from where they come from.

“Today, in the recent killings in Imo and in the South East, Nigerians would be quick to profile the Igbo as killers, just like Fulani are profiled as herdsmen and killers. For the unity of this country, we must do everything we can to stop ethnic profiling, so that we can separate criminals from where they come from.”