The President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural group, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has stated that most of the Igbos have even accepted Lagos as a home because they have friends and family there and because of that there is intermarriage between them and the Yoruba.
He made this known in an exclusive interview with The Punch paper while reacting to the uproar generated by his comment about the Yoruba during the electioneering.
He said; “one of my adorable daughters is married to a Yoruba man in Ibadan. That means I have my blood in Ibadan and there is nothing anybody can do about it.”
He added; “In my culture, my son-in-law is considered to be an Igbo and an automatic member of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. In Igboland, our culture is that we accord such a person all respect and he even earns more respect than the indigenes. If he has any problem anywhere, he can come to the village for assistance because that is how the culture is”
He stated further; “The Igbo have already mixed with the Yoruba so much that it is very difficult to separate us. It is real. The late Maryam Babangida was also an Igbo, making Ibrahim Babangida himself and his children automatically Ohanaeze’s members. During the elections, the Igbo in Lagos State said they wanted to vote for the governor of the state and I gave them the go-ahead because we never had any issues with the man and we never interfered with whom to vote for. “
Source – The Punch paper
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