President of the Redeemed Israel Community of Nazarene
Association (RICONA) of Nigeria, Bishop Ignatius Orizu, has insisted that the
Igbos are Jews.
According to him, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sampling
conducted by the Jewish Voice Ministries International last year in search of
the lost tribes of Israel, which allegedly proved that Igbo were not
Israelites, must be repeated.
Orizu made the call when the association hosted the founder
of ShuvuTV, Rabbi Itzhak Shapira, in Nnewi, Anambra State, during his first
visit to Nigeria.
The cleric argued that after a careful study of the whole
exercise, the association came to the conclusion that the sampled population
was statistically small and did not represent the true population of the Igbo.
“The idea, I guess, was to randomly sample the Igbo
population, for the discovery of Jewish root. The Igbo population is not less
than 50 million, but, unfortunately, a population of 120 people, which is not
even up to one percent of the target Igbo population was sampled.
“I, humbly, suggest that an improved sampling process be
adopted. The whole Igbo states should be randomly sampled to involve about five
million Igbo, which is about 10 percent of the Igbo population. With this, the
whole population will be affected and any result obtained from the process
would be accepted by the Igbo populace,” Bishop Orizu insisted.
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