Stop Persecuting Igbo Ministers, Group Tells Reps

Members of the
South-East Youth Consultative Forum (SEYCOF) have called on members of the House of Representatives to stop persecuting ministers from the zone.
They made the call in Enugu State, Tuesday in a communique issued at the end of its meeting.
SEYCOF accused the members of carrying out “a well orchestrated campaign” against ministers from the South-East.
The communique read in part, “The attention of the South-East Youth Consultative Forum has been drawn to the campaign of calumny against the Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Madueke, by the  members of the House of Representatives and some misguided members of the public for the wrong reason”.
“Our observation shows that ever since the Petroleum minister was appointed into the office, some anti- Igbo elements have not rested. In order to achieve their personal and selfish reasons, the person and office of the minister has always been under attack. As a result, we are being forced to ask the Reps why ministers of South-East extraction have remained their only object of probe.”
The communique signed by the group’s National Coordinator and P,bliclty Secretary, , Dr. B,N Ogini and Nnamdi Anigbo, respectively, also read, “The House of Representatives carried out similar attack on former Aviation minister, Stella Oduah; today Diezani has become their albatros, and we don’t know the next victim of this cleansing he House should concentrate on how to make good laws for the country, instead of spending quality time summoning ministers under selfish motives. It is very clear that there is more to the probe than meets the eye, so we ask that ministers from the South-East should be allowed to do their job,”
“We are compelled to ask the Honourable members what they have done about Farouk Lawan. This is the House, which like the proverbial kettle, is calling the pot black.
“South-East youths will no longer sit down and watch while the office and person of our revered minister is dragged to the mud for obvious selfish reason. We say that enough is enough,” it added.