₦airaland Forum

Emereolevanwill:
no time , if you are Igbo come home.

So you mean all those unity beggars were begging in vain? Ok kontinu

muykem:
IPOD does not think in such way they are just emotional and arrogant and never think of consequence of an action.

Despite being declared wanted by Kaduna State government, the leadership of the Arewa youths under the coalition of Northern youth groups, have reacted to the condemnation that trailed their three- month ultimatum on Tuesday asking Igbo to leave the north.

In a statement issued after their meeting, on Thursday, in Kaduna, the group insisted that the north will not be part of a federation that includes the Igbo and called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to as a matter of urgency, initiate the process for a peaceful referendum to allow the Igbo to go.

“We urge the Federal Government of Nigeria to as a matter of urgency, initiate the process for a peaceful referendum to allow the Igbo to go. Let them go”.

The coalition had on Tuesday in Kaduna, ordered Igbo resident in the North to relocate within three months, saying that the region was no longer disposed to coexist with the them in Nigeria.

“Definite steps shall be taken by the north to end the partnership by pulling out of the current federal arrangement.

“We are hereby placing the Nigerian authorities and the entire nation on notice that as from the 1st October 2017, we shall commence the implementation of visible actions to prove to the whole world that we are no longer part of any federal union that should do with the Igbo,” the coalition declared.

The statement had attracted condemnation from government and prominent Nigerians across the country.

The Kaduna state government on Wednesday ordered for the arrest, investigation and prosecution of those behind the inciting statement.

Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, had also condemned the group, describing them as faceless.

Thursday’s statement signed on behalf of the coalition by Abdulazeez Suleiman, said the coalition never called for violence or war against the Igbo, adding that the group’s statement on Tuesday was distorted.

“Some elements have for reasons best known to them, mischievously distorted the intent of our original script by alluding such words as ‘violence, ‘ ‘threat, ‘ ‘war’ and ‘mass action’ to it.

“We find this mischievous because as cultured thorough bred northerners, we have never anywhere and at anytime, under whatever circumstances, called anybody to violence as a means of conflict resolution” the statement said.

The group also lashed at the Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and the Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima for allegedly taking side with the Igbo for selfish political ambition.

The statement reads: “In strict observance of that tradition we never employ violence as a means of pursuing our interest and at every opportunity, we opt for peaceful engagements and implore people to eschew violence in all its ramifications.

“This informs why, a majority of discerning Nigerians, not necessarily northerners alone, understood and identified with our express call for the Biafrans to be allowed to actualize their long-held secessionist aspiration”.

“We restate that we have never called anybody to violence and that people should discountenance the elements of fear and threat introduced by the distortions of merchants of mischief.

“We wholeheartedly endorse the moves made variously by our leaders to allay those fears and urge people to be peaceful and law-abiding while at the same time resolutely insisting on having the right thing done by allowing the Igbo to have and move to their dream country in accordance with the universal fundamental right to self-determination.

“We restate our determination and commitment to ensuring that the North will never partake in any contrived arrangement that would still have the Biafran Igbo as a component.

“We reiterate our call on Nigerian authorities and recognized international bodies such as the ECOWAS, AU and UN to hasten the initiation of the process for the final actualization of the Biafran nation and with it the excision of the Igbo out of the present federation.

“Despite the minor distortions that caused some measure of anxiety, we make bold to say that the cheerful responses to our position which flowed through the internet and by way of personal telephone conversations nationally and universally has resonated that peace-loving Nigerians who have been tormented and menaced by the irredentist proclivities of the Igbos are overwhelmingly desirous to put an end to it.

“As we acknowledge this outpouring of patriotic support across the nation, we implore people, particularly our cultured northerners to remain restraint in the face of any provocation from any quarter and to debate intelligently.

“We assure them that we shall be firm and resolute in honestly and painstakingly pursuing what we all know is a noble and just cause without hurting anyone.

“We have taken time to analyze the reactions that trailed our declaration, and were nauseated by the comments of some disgruntled northern political power mongers.

“We are particularly disappointed by the treacherous positions assumed by Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai and Kashim Shettima who in pursuit of their blind ambition for the vice presidency, chose to side with the secessionist Igbo against the interest of peace-loving Nigerians.

“el-Rufai and Shettima are openly known to be waiting in the wings for Mr. President Muhammadu Buhari to die so they can further their plots to seek the presidency.

“It appears that characters like el-Rufai have no limit on how low they can fall in their inordinate desire to achieve their long held dream of power grab at the expense of the peace, well being and stability of our country.

“We would like to assure el-Rufai and his ilks that we shall continue to expose their recalcitrant treachery and opportunistic proclivities.

We also assure them that the drive for a peaceful and prosperous Nigeria in which the Igbo are not partners, will continue unabated.

“Similarly, we are irked by the hordes of lies and misleading innuendos issued by Kashim Shettima, ostensibly on behalf of 19 Northern governors in which he referred to us as faceless and violent.

“By our antecedents and track record, no politician or leader of honorable pedigree and impeccable character will associate us with such fabrications and this goes to prove that Shettima has disconnected from reality as he gets intoxicated by immoral wealth and property acquisition at the expense of people of the state suffering the devastation of Boko Haram”.

astana1:
Too much hate going around

Nafizzey:
My brother no mind hypocritical Igbo's, Ipob or whstsover they call themselves, They said they want Biafra that Nigeria is a Zoo and the zoo gives them ultimatum to relocate back to their darling Biafra only for them to start Crying foul calling for DSS to Police to make arrest.

Very funny Ipob people

It's obvious they are not ready for Biafra anymore

yarimo:
IPOB and fear are like 5 and 6

OVI75:
If Those Guy Aren't Arrested ,This Country Will Descend Into Anarchy

OVI75:
Why is The APC Government Seeking To Destroy Nigeria ?

Ojiofor:
The call for Igbos to leave Lagos or Nigeria entirely should not come from the street or from a Yoruba tout,Tell your senators to make it legal by moving a motion in national assemby for ndi Igbo to leaveNigeria by so doing it will be formal and constitutional.Oya the ball is your court.Anything outside this is a joke from Ronu criminal gang.

condensedmilk:
If MNK was a scammer, Biafra agitation would have died 12 years ago.

You are a small girl!

condensedmilk:
If you do not support Mazi nnamdi kanu,

it then means you support the Ongoing genocide by the Nigerian arm forces in SE and the slaughter of igbos farmers by the Fulani herders.

So you can now see that you are supporting a bigger evil.

MadamVanessa:


Igbos getting kill by their Plime minister is not stale to you too

MadamVanessa:
The rag tag herdsmen that killed your Obas and the few that managed to escaped from the herdsmen wrath and flee to Benin Republic and sworn solemnly not to returned to their ancestral land again what comment have you made on on that. South east Is your headache.

Helinus:
Languishing? But he wears Fendi you have never touched before and feeds better than you have ever..

Nnamdi Kanu, a full time secessionist is who you are comparing to His Excellency Peter Obi?

Tinubu knows his balls can't carry him, even in a thousand lifetime, the thief dares not.

victory36:
it seems you are new to Nigeria.

1nice:
folly

Helinus:
Tifnubu and thousand Yoruba Muslims cannot do shit to Obi, Obi is their father.

victory36:
who are the great men you're talking about? OUK that milked abia state dry?

1nice:
You people eyes would soon clear