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The group noted that the Edo incident was not an isolated case, but part of a recurring trend of violence targeting northerners across southern Nigeria.

In reaction to the recent killing of 16 northern hunters in Uromi, Edo State, a group known as Concerned Northerners has issued a searing declaration condemning the attack and questioning the continued unity of Nigeria, warning that “the North is under no obligation to continue to sustain Nigeria union.”

In a statement titled “Uromi Massacre: One Killing Too Many, North Under No Obligation to Continue to Sustain Nigeria Union,” and signed by Dr. Usman Bugaje, Prof. Usman, Naja’atu Muhammad, Dalung, Gen. A.M. Jalingo, and Chief Ameh, the group condemned the recent killing.



It said, “We the concerned people of Northern Nigeria on behalf of the grieving families of the 16 innocent victims massacred in Uromi Edo state, do hereby declare as follows: This cruel and senseless massacre is one too many and therefore raises a lot of pertinent issues with respect to the rights and privileges of northerners irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, gender or creed in Nigeria. It appears that northerners are not entitled to the same rights as other Nigerians especially from the south.”

The group noted that the Edo incident was not an isolated case, but part of a recurring trend of violence targeting northerners across southern Nigeria.

It said, “The Edo incident is not an isolated case but it is a repetition of an all-familiar pattern of unleashing senseless, unprovoked violence, destruction of property and the killings of northerners at will in the southern part of the country.

“Since the inception of the 4th republic, we have witnessed the OPC killings in the southwest, IPOB and the so-called unknown gunmen in the south-east and the recent Edo killings of 16 hunters in the south-south in addition to the isolated destruction of goods and properties, maiming and killing of innocent northerners pursuing their legitimate interests in the south.

“This pattern is making it abundantly clear that northerners are persona non grata in the south, while southerners are freely welcome to pursue their interests and even permanently settle in the north in peace and security unhindered.” The declaration also noted what it called northern restraint in the face of repeated provocation.

It said, “Northerners have all along been restrained and placated by their elders against retaliation in the face of all these provocations. But, the situation has now reached a stage whereby our dignity and integrity as a people is being severely compromised and questioned by our people in the circumstances of our inability to defend them.

“We can no longer appeal or restrain our people to continue remaining peaceful and accommodating due to the obvious negligence of their interests or even lives, all for the sake of a nonexistent national unity.

“This is the last time that the north will be pacified on any infringement on its legitimate right to freely move and pursue its interests in any part of the country without any molestations, intimidations, harassment or violence.

“Any maltreatment of northerners will henceforth be considered as deliberate and not accidental and will make us to be indifferent as in calling our law-abiding people for any restraint in whatsoever they decides to do in defense of their lives and human dignity!”

While acknowledging the condolence visit of the Edo State Governor to Kano, the group demanded firm action. “While we have noted Governor Okphebolo of Edo state visit to Kano state government and the families of the victims, we are demanding for a transparent investigation of the whole massacre as well as the prompt and adequate payment of compensation to the families of the victims,” it said.

They also rejected the profiling of northerners as criminals, stating: “We unequivocally reject and will resist the continuing attempt to profile people of the north as terrorists, bandits and cattle rustlers in order to criminalize and systematically exterminate them by using the instrumentality of the law as a cover.”

In a direct message to the federal government, the group warned that urgent steps must be taken to reassess the basis of Nigeria’s existence.

“We are therefore urging the federal government to as a matter of urgency, address the national question immediately in order to determine viability and possibility of our continued existence as a single corporate entity with equal rights and privileges as citizens of Nigeria,” it said.

The statement concluded with a critique of the Tinubu administration’s federal restructuring agenda. “We are aware and watching the Tinubu’s government attempt to introduce regionalism through the back door. We welcome the quest for self determination but we insist that all parts of Nigeria must come together to discuss and agree on the way forward,” it added.

"3.2 Basis of the Federation:

"(1) Every Ethnic Nationality and People in Nigeria has an unconditional right to self-determination within here delineated territories.

Racoon:
"Uromi Massacre: Concerned Northerners Question Nigeria’s Unity, Says North Not Under Obligation To Sustain the Nigerian Union."


https://saharareporters.com/2025/04/06/uromi-massacre-concerned-northerners-question-nigerias-unity-says-north-not-under

slimfit1:
If you mean it call for division process.

IGBOPROMISE1:
Forget them....they're bluffing! 'One Nigeria' is like oxygen for them, and hell would first freeze over before they willingly walk away from it!

Racoon:
"Uromi Massacre: Concerned Northerners Question Nigeria’s Unity, Says North Not Under Obligation To Sustain the Nigerian Union."


https://saharareporters.com/2025/04/06/uromi-massacre-concerned-northerners-question-nigerias-unity-says-north-not-under

EeyanMayweather:
Dumb, old , thieving terrorists .
Has that quota system professor of terrorism called Usman been released from Kuje? I could see his name up there.

Wait , Did I just see a certain ‘Ameh’ amongst the terrorists that released the threat laden communique 😂😂
The fool is probably from Benue, a place that would soon be turned into a full grazing land with the remains of his people serving as manure for the grass.
He is still following the Fulani terrorists to threaten the Southern people .

When will this shadowy group condemn numerous killings perpetrated by the Fulani terrorists? About 100 killed in Plateau over the past week and we didn’t hear any uproar from these clowns .

Why would a Northerner leave Sambisa forest, a place famed to be as large as 10 southern states to come to the swamps of Rivers to hunt ?? Hunt what if I may ask ?
Nigeria is gradually approaching her FAFO period

Revealpanda:
Lol.

I doubt any Southerner will beg them to stay if they decide to Leave