#IgboMustGo: We have become like crabs – Kingsley Moghalu

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,
Kingsley Moghalu, has said Nigeria has become like crabs that can’t move
forward but sideways or backwards.





 



Moghalu lamented that ethnic-identity supremacy has hobbled
Nigeria’s potential as Africa’s most populous country, stymying both governance
and the economy.



 



His words were contained in a post on his X handle on
Friday, following genocidal threats on X against the Igbo tribe, which called
for their relocation.



 



There are calls on social media,
trending under the hashtag #IgboMustGo on X, demanding the forced relocation of
Igbo people from Lagos and other Southwest states.



 





However, Moghalu said the online #IgboMustLeaveLagos
campaign is hate, criminal speech, calling on leaders to take strong action
against the ethnic-cleansing propaganda.



 



His words: “The online #IgboMustLeaveLagos campaign is hate,
criminal speech. Our leaders need to take strong action against this kind of
ethnic-cleansing propaganda similar to the Radio/TV Milles Collines
demonisation of the Tutsi in Rwanda 30 years ago.



 



“As a Political Affairs Officer @UN Secretariat Headquarters
in New York at the time, I helped in efforts to counter and stop the genocide,
which sadly proved unsuccessful as a result of Great Power politics in the UN
Security Council, and the genocide was ended only by the military victory
achieved by the Rwanda Patriotic Army led by @PaulKagame . Thankfully we later
successfully prosecuted the architects of the genocide at the UN International
Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, while the Rwandan authorities also
successfully ran the local gacaca community trials, and went on to rebuild
their country to an enviable level.



 



“Not too long ago ago Nigerian state governors went to
Rwanda to be taught the art of #GoodGovernance. Nigerian leaders taking strong
action would demonstrate that such hate has no place in our country.



 



“Ethnic-identity supremacy has hobbled Nigeria’s potential
as Africa’s most populous country, stymying both governance and the economy. We
have become like crabs who can’t move orward, only sideways or backwards. I commend Lagos State
Governor @jidesanwoolu for stepping out and calling for an end to this
dangerous nonsense.”