Ndigbo
residents in the North part of the country have begun relocating their
wives and children to the South-East over the quit order given by some
Northern groups.
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Following a quit order and ultimatum by the coalition of some Nothern groups made up of Arewa Citizens Action for Change, Arewa Youth
Consultative Forum, Arewa Youth Development Foundation, Arewa Students
Forum, and Northern Emancipation Network, the Igbo residents in the
North have begun relocating their wives and children to the South-East.
According to an investigative report by Punch newspaper, some of
the residents in the Sabon Gari area, a community occupied by
non-indigenes, are already panicking over the threat, some of them have
systematically started sending their wives and kids home to avoid being
trapped in the web of uncertainty.
However, Eze Ndigbo Kano, Igwe Boniface Ibekwe, on Thursday has
asked the Igbo community in Kano to ignore the threat and regard it as
empty, because it lacked the backing of the Northern leadership.
Ibekwe who is also the Eze Diorama IV, and the president-General of all Ezes in the Diaspora, said; “I
believe and based on my understanding, as a major stakeholder in the
North, the Northern leaders are never in support of the threat, so they
should ignore it and go about their day-day business and activities.”
He also promised that Ndigbo in Kano will summon a meeting of
stakeholders to establish their grievances, noting that he has since
established contact, with the Northern leaders, just as he also
disclosed that he is among the patrons of Arewa youths.
“I believe if they want to issue such a threat, it must be with
numerous consultations, stressing that he believes in one Nigeria, just
as he also believes in the ability of Nigerians solving their problems.
Whatever their grievances are, the appropriate authorities would look
into it, so they should not take laws into their hands.”
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