The Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District , Chief Victor Umeh, has said the Igbo are entitled to live and do their business in any part of Nigeria as Aborigines.
He said as Aborigines of Nigeria , the Igbo would resist any form of xenophobic attack on them from any quarters.
Umeh spoke during the 2023 Umunri Cultural Fiesta ( Oganiru Umunri),held at Enugu-Agidi in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
While describing Ndigbo as indigenous people of Nigeria, the Senator maintained that Ndi Igbo were no migrants, adding that Igbo people didn’t come from a new place outside Nigeria to become Nigerians,rather,they are the aborigines of Nigeria who have the rights to reside in any part of the country to do their business.
He stated that Lagos State was one of those places in Nigeria the Igbo live,pointing out that without Ndigbo Lagos economy would collapse and become nothing.
