PVC: Group Condemns Attack On Traders In Lagos, Makes Demands

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, have described the attack against Igbo traders  who came to register for their Permanent Voters Card, PVC, in Lagos as wicked and barbaric, demanding Independent National Electoral Commission apologize.

Naija News reports that the presiding general of the Coalition, Hon. Goodluck Ibem in a statement issued Friday described the attack by thugs against Igbo traders as wicked, barbaric, and unacceptable.

Ibem demanded that those hoodlums who attacked Igbo law-abiding citizens performing their civic duties must be arrested and prosecuted.

According to the group president, such an incident occurring in a voter registration center shows a serious security lapse in the state.

He said: “The Commissioner of Police and other security agencies are not living up to expectation, Something urgent needs to be done to avoid a recurrence of such ugly incident.”

They warned those thugs and their sponsors not to dare such attack again on Igbo traders or else they will meet a corresponding response.

He said: “Nobody has a monopoly of violence. Enough of such insult on Ndigbo.”

They also called on the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu to make arrangements of 100 voter registration centers at the Alaba international market to enable the traders to register for their PVCs because that is the only way to avoid such fruition.

He said that Ndigbo has never attacked Yorubas living in South East so why the attack on innocent and law-abiding Igbos who just obeyed the law by coming out to register for their PVCs.

He said: “We demand an apology to Ndigbo within the next 7 days.”