Arewa youths have sent a message to
Igbos living in the north assuring them that no evil will befall them while
also criticising Nnamdi Kanu for rejecting the withdrawal of the quit notice.
The youths had caused public outcry when they issued an ultimatum to Igbos to
vacate the north but they withdrew the notice a few months after.
The Sun reports that Shetima Yerima
who is the president of the Arewa Consultative Forum said it didn’t matter
whether Kanu accepted the withdrawal or not. He said: “Did I do it for him or
in the interest of the country? His rejection of the suspension of the quit
notice is not important to me. “What we did was to demonstrate that we have a
culture. We give respect to our elders and it was to ensure that the country
remains together. “The country is above anybody. On that basis, his acceptance
or not is not important but I know that he also is not speaking for the Igbo.
It is a minority view of few people making all sorts of noise. “It is not
really important to me and I do not want to join issues with them. Nigeria is
above everybody and I stand on the path of one united country. We have to build
a nation that we can call our own “Nobody would do anything. Anybody who does
anything, we make sure that the authorities arrest the person. We are in
charge. “Nobody should be scared of anything. Our youths are reasonable; they
are known to respect one another; we listen to our leaders unlike some other
parts of the country. But having said that, you can be rest assured that there
is no cause for alarm. “So, let Nigerians be rest assured that nothing would
befall anybody by God’s grace and we are working towards that and we would give
the government the maximum support. Our brothers across board, we would make
sure that no evil would befall them. That is the position of things.” He also
insisted that he has nothing against Igbo people as a lot of his friends are
from the south east. Read more:
“It did not end there; let me also
demonstrate that to you; my first wife is from Calabar, the old south-eastern
region. We have two kids. I have a good relationship with the Igbo.” Meanwhile,
the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, September 5, granted the request seeking
to serve court processes on Kanu and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
through substituted service.
The court, however, ordered that
other respondents in the matter, namely: the Inspector-General of Police, the
Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the
Attorney-General of the Federation be served personally.
No comments:
Post a Comment