SaharaReporters gathered that the governor last
week ordered the demolition of shanties and other
small, crudely built shacks along Owerri—Onitsha
Road opposite Arugo Park.


The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has
croticised Governor Hope Uzodinma-led Imo State
government for allegedly destroying settlements
occupied by Northerners in the state.


SaharaReporters gathered that the governor last
week ordered the demolition of shanties and other
small, crudely built shacks along Owerri—Onitsha
Road opposite Arugo Park.


It was gathered that the demolition was carried out
after Governor Uzodinma had given the occupants
some money to vacate the place after several
security agencies' investigation reports point out
that the shanties were used to harbour kidnappers
in the state.


But reacting to the demolition of the shanties, the
Coalition of Northern Groups in a statement issued
on Sunday, titled: "Response To The Unprovoked
Evictions and Organised Violations Organized by
Uzodinma against Northerners in Imo," said the
unprovoked aggression was part of hate campaigns
and propaganda being waged by Governor
Uzodinma and other regional and ethnic agitators
against Northerners.


Signed by CNG spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez
Suleiman, said that it had taken stock of events
unfolding in Imo State in the past two days, noting
especially, with utter perplexity and concern, the
alleged official rampage on Northern settlements
ordered by the State Governor, Hope Uzodimma.


"We note how armed detachments of the Nigerian
Army, the police, and assortments of armed thugs
were unleashed by the Governor with clear orders to
destroy, demolish, and burn every structure and
asset belonging to the peaceful northern settlers of
three communities from Thursday 27th to Friday
28th July 2023.


"The latest organised arson in Imo State left in its
wake thousands of shops and houses; completely
burnt, properties worth billions of Naira destroyed
and looted, and thousands of northerners living and
conducting legitimate businesses forcefully ejected,
displaced, and deprived."


The group claimed that "the state-sponsored
arsonists who arrived without prior notice, heavily
armed with assorted arms including an Armoured
Personal Carrier (APC), bodily saying that the
"northerners should leave their land", sacked
Nakede Number One and then destroyed 1,300
shops and houses with the over 2,500 inhabitants
displaced, dispossessed and run out of legitimate
businesses.


"At Abu Junction Ama Hausa, the largest Northern
settlement with a population of 4,000 settlers, the
arsonists destroyed a total of 3,500 shops, and
1,500 houses forced 150 persons back to the North
while rendering thousands of others homeless with
no means of livelihood.


"Arungo Park, Onisha Road with a total population
of over 3,000 was also attacked, completely
sacked and the residents displaced.

"It is noteworthy that both Abu Junction and Nakede
Number One which were sacked, have a history of
11 years of existence and Arugo Park six years."
It noted that as the representatives of various
interest groups from Northern Nigeria, the CNG
studied these coordinated attacks on the northern
communities ordered by the Imo State Governor,
with considerable restraint and maturity, to the
point of condoning and accommodating several
unreasonable, arbitrary, official violations and
breach of the right of the northerner to live and
thrive anywhere in the country.


"We emphatically repudiate the gangster action of
Uzodinma and deem the targeting of the northerner
communities in Imo for vilification, systematic
dehumanization, profiling, alienation or any action
that will render them the object of attack and
persecution, not only immoral and illegal but also
abhorrent to our sensibilities and ordinary decency
and therefore unacceptable.


"We reiterate the call on Northerners living in Imo
State and all unfriendly parts of the South-East to
consider leaving the region for the sake of their
lives and properties over policies pursued by the
likes of Hope Uzodinma.


"The call on the Northerners to return to the North
was borne out of the realisation that their lives had
been put at risk due to the recent actions
perpetrated in Imo on the orders of the state
governor.


"It is also by worries about their well-being and the
conviction that their safety can no longer be
guaranteed and we would rather have them back in
areas where their safety is guaranteed.

"The bottom line is that their safety is far more
important than their stay there. This is a country we
all wish to keep together but not at the expense of
other sections.


"We call on the Federal Government to take
immediate steps to disband all militias and armed
groups in Imo and other parts of the South-East by
resorting to the use of force if needs be, to ensure
that no group can challenge the State in its
prerogative to maintain law and order and protect
citizens' lives and properties.


"We call on the Inspector General of Police and the
Nigerian Army Headquarters to interrogate the
extent of involvement of their personnel in the
commission of this dastardly act against peaceful
everyday northerners in Imo State.


"We demand the establishment of a judicial inquiry
that would be saddled with the responsibility of
determining the quantum of loss of properties by
northerners in the Imo attacks to pay compensation
due to each of the victims.


"We warn Uzodimma and his ilk that the North shall
no longer tolerate its people being profiled,
attacked, and killed, their properties destroyed by
officials of government and state-sponsored
elements in the South-east with incidences of
religious and ethnic profiling.


"We warn that while the North continues to support
other Nigerians particularly the Igbo, to benefit from
its tolerance and accommodation, it will also
demand other Nigerians to note that the laws of the
land demand that every Nigerian lives and earns his
legitimate living in any part of Nigeria without
discrimination or molestation.


"We warn the complacent section of the northern
elite that their actions will not go unnoticed, and in
the fullness of time, they will be held accountable
to the extent of their docility and bankruptcy."

https://saharareporters.com/2023/07/30/leave-imo-other-unfriendly-parts-southeast-nigeria-northern-groups-tell-northerners

accordadoga28:
When they start showing them shege again now they will start wailing VICTIMIZATION.


Na dem dey cause fight and when eventually beaten blue-black by their mates Na dem go still come start dey cry dey call papa, mama and uncle (UK, US, EU) up and down.

They always start what they can't finish.

If we start flogging them again now in Lagos and Akure for this thing they just did, dem go start dey call EU and UK.

accordadoga28:
When they start showing them shege again now they will start wailing VICTIMIZATION.


Na dem dey cause fight and when eventually beaten blue-black by their mates Na dem go still come start dey cry dey call papa, mama and uncle (UK, US, EU) up and down.

They always start what they can't finish.

If we start flogging them again now in Lagos and Akure for this thing they just did, dem go start dey call EU and UK.

ahaz:

You guys are just plain stupid, the shanties destroyed is hub of Armory,if you see the amount of ak 47 riffles discovered in that so called shanties you will not open up your smelly mouth and talk trash.
That parcel of land they occupy belongs to my community and I can tell authoritatively what transpired there..so you people should stop all this idiotic statement and learn to appreciate when a genuine attempt is made to checkmate the excesses of this northern terrorist infiltrating the south.

accordadoga28:
When they start showing them shege again now they will start wailing VICTIMIZATION.


Na dem dey cause fight and when eventually beaten blue-black by their mates Na dem go still come start dey cry dey call papa, mama and uncle (UK, US, EU) up and down.

They always start what they can't finish.

If we start flogging them again now in Lagos and Akure for this thing they just did, dem go start dey call EU and UK.

EmperorCaesar:
The homogenousity of the East is the reasom why the region isnt progressing
Theses guys arent accomodating

Imagine UK and U.S being this way

Forward ever to every heterogenous community we have around

SW, SS, the North and every industrialized countries around

EmperorCaesar:
The homogenousity of the East is the reasom why the region isnt progressing
Theses guys arent accomodating

Imagine UK and U.S being this way

Forward ever to every heterogenous community we have around

SW, SS, the North and every industrialized countries around

Emetex22:

Your argument is flawed, China, South Korea and Japan are homogeneous, your bitter heart won't let your faulty brain recalibrate, we don't want Illorin in SE

jmoore:

IGNORANCE!!


Japan is homogenous, Japan has a GDP bigger than the entire African continent.

EmperorCaesar:


Homogeneity promoted by language barrier and not a hostile environment

Exceptions dont make the rules and i believed your philosophy teacher died before teaching u that...

Certified Dunce

accordadoga28:
When they start showing them shege again now they will start wailing VICTIMIZATION.


Na dem dey cause fight and when eventually beaten blue-black by their mates Na dem go still come start dey cry dey call papa, mama and uncle (UK, US, EU) up and down.

They always start what they can't finish.

If we start flogging them again now in Lagos and Akure for this thing they just did, dem go start dey call EU and UK.

EmperorCaesar:
The homogenousity of the East is the reasom why the region isnt progressing
Theses guys arent accomodating

Imagine UK and U.S being this way

Forward ever to every heterogenous community we have around

SW, SS, the North and every industrialized countries around

EmperorCaesar:


You cant be dumb and blind and stupid at the same time...Thats double jeopardy

Where did i mention China and the other nation u listed there

People dont travel there cause of language barriers but here, even the few non SE people living in the East are leaving cause of how intolerant and unaccommodating you guys are

Progressive nations are every open to diverse people not like your 5percentile Sq km of land

jmoore:
_
Shanties is what a First class idiot like you will support.
Shanties without toilet, shotput everywhere is what a first class idiot will accomodate

What happens to paying for rent for a normal apartment? Or even building one?

maticar:

unity beggar

see how you sound so ignorant and proud of it while capping shit

online emperor

Emetex22:

You are useless and brain dead, you mentioned homogeneity and development and I used a word example, aren't you thrash, who told you people don't travel to China, South Korea and Japan, leave your Ogbomosho hole and travel, u stink and worse, u brain is f****k

Emetex22:

Your argument is flawed, China, South Korea and Japan are homogeneous, your bitter heart won't let your faulty brain recalibrate, we don't want Illorin in SE

accordadoga28:
When they start showing them shege again now they will start wailing VICTIMIZATION.


Na dem dey cause fight and when eventually beaten blue-black by their mates Na dem go still come start dey cry dey call papa, mama and uncle (UK, US, EU) up and down.

They always start what they can't finish.

If we start flogging them again now in Lagos and Akure for this thing they just did, dem go start dey call EU and UK.

jmoore:
_
Shanties is what a First class idiot like you will support.
Shanties without toilet, shotput everywhere is what a first class idiot will accomodate

What happens to paying for rent for a normal apartment? Or even building one?