AN Igbo leader in Lagos has threatened to invite the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to protect Igbo residents in the state.

The Eze Igbo in Ajao Estate, Fredrick Nwajagu, made the threat.

Nwajagu, in a 49-second video shared on Twitter on Friday by @DeeOneAyekooto, said the move became necessary in the wake of attacks on some Igbo people in the state.

Attention @jidesanwoolu

“We will invite IPOB terrorist to Lagos to protect our properties in Lagos and combat anyone against us….”

Eze Ajao Estate Lagos

SAY NO TO TERRORISM pic.twitter.com/j0flnnHsvD

— Ayekooto (@DeeOneAyekooto) March 31, 2023

“IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. All of the IPOB will protect all of our shops. And we have to pay them. We have to mobilise for that. We have to do that. We must have our security so they will stop attacking us at midnight, in the morning, and in the afternoon.

“When they discover that we have our security before they come, they will know that we have our men there. I am not saying a single word to be hidden. I am not hiding my words. Let my words go viral. Igbo must get their right and get a stand in Lagos State,” he said in the video.

However, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, responded to the post, noting that the Command would resist IPOB presence in the state.

“To start with, the ever-ready @LagosPoliceNG will never fold its arms and allow such within the state,” he wrote.

In the wake of the February 25 presidential election, there have been attacks on Igbo residents in some parts of Lagos State.

Also, some Igbo residents were attacked and prevented from voting during the March 18 governorhip and state assembly election in Lagos.