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Arewa groups in the north as well as the Igbo representative
negotiating for the revocation of the quit notice have failed to reach a
consensus. The 10-man Committee of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) and
Igbo Leaders in the North set up to find lasting solution to the quit
notice issued to Igbos in the North by Arewa Youths appeared to have
more responsibilities than envisaged as it has extended its sitting to
the next 10-days.
However, beyond expectations that the Committee would have come up
with a stand to call off the quit notice order Monday, The Nation
gathered from impeccable sources within the Committee that there are
more that meets the eye.
According to a source, “we sat for more than three times and we
find out that there are more issues on ground that should be
extensively deliberated upon if we really want to find a lasting
solution that will settle the dust already raised.”
The Nation recalled that after a crucial peace-parley of the
Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) and Igbo leaders in the North last
week, a 10-man Committee was set up to further find better ways of
resolving the contentious issue.
However, after three days of brainstorming, the joint committee
with five representatives from each side adjourned sitting to the next
10 days to make way for wider consultations.
According to a Press Statement issued by the 10-man Committee and
made available to The Nation in Kano Monday, there was need for more
time so as to enable the committee do a thorough job.
The statement was signed by Chief Chi Nwogu (representative of Igbo
leaders), Alhaji Dauda S. Shamakiri (representative of the Coalition of
Northern Groups) and Comrade Isa Tijani (convener of the peace parley).
It reads: “Reference to the peace meeting held on the 4th
August, 2017 by leaders of the Coalition of Northern Groups and Igbo
Leaders in the 19 northern states and the FCT which resulted in the
formation of a 10-man committee to find a solution to the quit notice
issued.
“The Committee sat and deliberated extensively and agreed that there is need for further consultations from both sides.
“Accordingly, the meeting adjourned to reconvene in the next ten days where a final resolution on issues will be achieved.”
Meanwhile, the Coalition of Northern Groups in a Press Statement
issued after their Town Hall meeting in Kano, accused the leader of
IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of sowing the seed of discord in the corporate
existence of Nigeria as a country.
According to the statement, “his (Nnamdi Kanu) recent action of
forcefully grounding movement of people including those from other
regions by shutting down most South-East cities notwithstanding the mild
and ineffective condemnation by some Igbo political, cultural and
religious leaders has foreclosed the avenues for an expected early
peaceful resolution.
“It is further justification of our concern expressed in the
Kaduna Declaration and subsequent correspondences with the Acting
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the International
Community.
“These renewed threats contained in Kanu’s unwarranted
utterances and actions compel us to push further for definite national
and international action that would decide the Biafran matter to
conclusion once and for all.
“In our usual truly patriotic aim to forestall the drift toward
anarchy in Nigeria, and also to alert the international community as to
where responsibility would ultimately lie if such momentous events ever
came to pass, we have followed up our earlier effort by another round
of initiatives of extending similar communications to relevant
authorities.”
They added that, “accordingly, we have met with many leaders
and groups with positive developments while our doors remain open for
discussions with more groups, leaders and agencies genuinely interested
in addressing the separatist issues with a view to finally achieving a
peaceful and stable Nigeria.”
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