President @MBuhari has arrived New York for the 72nd Session of the @UN General Assembly #UNGA #UNGA72— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 18, 2017
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Northern leaders have raised an alarm that the embattled leader of
the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has
mobilized Nigerians living in the United States to attack President
Muhammadu Buhari who had arrived the country to address the 72nd United
Nations General Assembly.
According to a report by Vanguard,
the Arewa people under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG),
alleged on Sunday in a mail that the plan by IPOB sponsors was to
humiliate President Buhari, who is billed to speak at UNGA.
In the mail signed by the Spokesman for the CNG, Abdul-Azeez
Suleiman, the northern leaders said that the action was also intended to
further provoke the northerners and incite the world against the
Nigerian leader and his government.
The northern group vowed to make appropriate response to the IPOB
provocation by taking its position against he antic of the proscribed
organization to the UN.
The northern group however hailed the South-East governor’s for
proscribing IOPB once it was declared a terrorist group by the Defense
Headquarters, saying that they had been vindicated by such declarations.
CNG also lauded the governments of Abia, Rivers and Plateau States
for promptly arresting the move by IPOB to set the country on war path
and kill innocent Nigerians in the process.
The northern group said, “We must state here that our position
that IPOB be proscribed, its activities be declared as acts of terror,
and its leaders be accordingly treated in the interest of a greater,
peaceful and united Nigeria has to a large extent been vindicated which
is also reassuring and encouraging.
“We also wish to state that we have a priviledged information
that IPOB sponsors are mobilizing their members in the Diaspora to
humiliate our dear President Muhammadu Buhari in New York where he is
billed to address the United Nations General Assembly.
“We call on Nigerians to as well overlook this planned
unpatriotic action by the IPOB supporters as it is nothing but another
antic to provoke reactions.
“We assure all peace loving Nigerians that CNG is also
preparing to counter IPOB’ foreign propaganda efforts by compiling
relevant facts to be presented personally to the UN soon.
“Finally, we reiterate the call for calm and tolerance as the authorities diligently carry out their duties.”
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