Igbo Lawyers Decry Divisive Statements, Insist No Igbo/Yoruba Rift


A group of lawyers of Igbo extraction has frowned at divisive statements by a certain individual targeted at pitching camp between the Igbo and Yoruba nation. The group, under the aegis of League of Igbo Youth Lawyers (LIYOLAW), comprising solicitors, advocates, entrepreneurs, and other professionals and civil men, insisted that Igbo and Yoruba were people of like minds and culture and have no reason to fight themselves.

In a statement issued by its president, Bar. Stanley Okafor, the group advised Igbo residents in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria to disregard the publication and concentrate on the notable business of economic development and nation building.


It called on security agencies to fish out those behind the publication and deal with them according to law.



The statement partly read, “The attention of League of Igbo Youth Lawyers (LIYOLAW), consisting of young men and women of Igbo extraction including solicitors, advocates, entrepreneurs, and other professionals and civil men, has been drawn to a criminal publication by a misguided malcontent who identified himself as Adeyinka Grandson, and who claimed to speak for a Young Yoruba for Freedom group.

“We advise all Igbo resident in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria to disregard the divisive and distractive publication and to concentrate on the notable business of economic development and nation building. Igbo and Yoruba are people of like mind and culture, and have no reason to fight themselves.

“We call on the security agencies to immediately identify this meaningless minus and those he is working for, and deal with them according to law.

“We however warn that any further attack on any Igbo, or such threat or harrassment would draw grave consequences of resistance from all men of goodwill. To preserve national security is a task we must all commit to.”

Meanwhile, governors of SouthWest states who were hosted by Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday, called on Igbo residents of the zone to go on with their normal life, ignoring a viral video by “one inconsequential human being by the name Adeyinka Grandson.” He added that the governors and ministers from the SouthWest had discussed the issue and that the said Adeyinka had no authority to speak on their behalf, adding “that video does not reflect what we stand for in Yorubaland and the video should be totally discarded.”

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