Lagos Ndigbo distance selves from protest, urge Igbo traders to stay at home

Coalition of Igbo Political and Social-Cultural Groups, Lagos State chapter, on Tuesday, distanced itself from the planned nationwide protests scheduled to commence on August 1, 2024, urging Igbo traders across the state to stay home and not open their businesses on days slated for the protest to avoid being attacked.

The coalition made up of 16 different Igbo groups in Lagos, gave this stand at a press conference, which took place at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja, noting that while there is no dispute that there is hardship in the country, quickly affirmed that the current economic downturn was not limited to Nigeria and not caused by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

President of the coalition, Sunday Ossai, said the Igbo in Lagos had always been wrongly accused of organising protests in the state which has always put their lives in danger and, therefore, the reason they had to come out to deny knowing anything about organising the protest.