Ohanaeze Ndigbo (the apex sociocultural organization in the Igbo country) has asked the Presidency not to jettison the call to name the University of Nigeria Nsukka after Queen Elizabeth University of Nigeria, saying such a move can be best for Aso Rock in Abuja or other parts of the North.

It was because it stated that Adamu Garba (the former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party) must apologize to Ndigbo and explain why he made such an unhistorical remark.

Garba, had, on Friday, advised President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) To immortalize Queen Elizabeth, who died Wednesday at 96 by renaming the UNN after her.

However, Chidi Ibeh's-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo reacted by saying that such a comment was capable of inciting conflict in the country. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, its Secretary-General, stated it.

According to the statement, “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has cautioned the Federal Government against renaming the foremost and most prestigious University, the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the late British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

“The University has bequeathed a legacy in south-eastern Nigeria and it’s worthwhile for the former APC presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba to know that the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, was renamed after the late British monarch, and is known as Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Umuahia, yet Nigerians have yet to see the late Queen Elizabeth’s legacies in northern Nigeria. It’s appropriate for the North to have a fair share of the Queen’s legacy.

“If the Federal Government and the Presidency wish to immortalize late Queen Elizabeth II, it should look at the role of the Queen in granting Nigeria political freedom and independence on October 1, 1960. And the most appropriate place to show gratitude to Great Britain should be at Aso Rock.