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Disregard reports on planned evacuation of Ndigbo from North- S'East Govs

The South-East Governors Forum yesterday moved to douse the tension generated my online media reports that it  planned to dispatch luxury buses and trucks to evacuate Ndigbo from the North.

Chairman of the forum, Engr. David Umahi, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues in Abakaliki, dismissed the report and called on the Igbo resident in the North to ignore the ultimatum given by a coalition of Northern youths in Nigeria, Arewa Consultative Youth Forum.

The northern youths after their meeting in Kaduna had directed  the Igbo  in the North to relocate from the zone within three months.

But Umahi,who is also the Governor of Ebonyi State,told journalists at a  press conference that  the Igbo should go about their normal business in the north as security agencies, his  colleagues and himself will not allow them to suffer any harm in the North.

He described the relocation order as provocative and commended the Presidency, the Senate, security agencies , Kaduna State Governor, Nasir EL-Rufai and other stakeholders for rising up to the occasion by condemning the ultimatum.

A news release by the Governor's Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, quoted Umahi as saying:  “The attention of the South- East Governors Forum has been drawn to the widely publicized ultimatum credited to a coalition of 16 Northern youth associations  demanding that Igbos in Northern Nigeria should vacate the region within 90 days or before October 1, 2017 and equally urging northerners resident within Igbo land to return to the North within the time frame.We have carefully considered the content of the highly provocative statement and reflected on its implications on Ndigbo and specifically on the nation in general.

“This public statement is intended to accomplish a couple of objectives one of which is to the expression of our deep appreciation to all Nigerians and  the Presidency. The South-East Governors' Forum has repeatedly reiterated its commitment to and preference for the existence of a virile, united, prosperous and progressive Federal Republic of Nigeria where justice, fairness, equity, mutual respect and equality of opportunity to all citizens regardless of creed, ethnicity or gender will reign supreme under the inflexible rule of law. 

"We have had occasion recently to take this position publicly in response to the agitative but peaceful actions of some Igbo youths. We will continue to take a similar stance in response to any action that
might threaten the cohesiveness of this nation or designed to cause its rupture.

“The lives and property of law-abiding citizens of Igbo extraction are as precious as the lives and property of all Nigerians irrespective of the region of their abode within this republic. These must be guaranteed and defended against all forms of threats, both domestic and external, by the security forces/agencies of the federal republic of Nigeria. We the governors of the south east are collaborating effectively with the security agencies to ensure that no harm of any destruction is visited upon any law-abiding Nigerian citizen resident in the South East of Nigeria, including those from the North of Nigeria.”

The South- East governors denounced  the rumour that they met and agreed to mobilize vehicles and cash for repatriation of the Igbo in the North, describing it as tissues of lies.

They  added,“We call on all our Igbo sons and daughters resident in Northern Nigeria to go about their lawful daily engagements without fear of intimidation, hindrance or molestation. The rumours being peddled on conventional and social media platforms that we, the governors of the South- East, have met and agreed to mobilize vehicles and cash for the repatriation of Ndigbo resident in northern Nigeria must be disregarded, as they are nothing but tissues of lies.

"No amount of provocation would lead us to such a precipitate and irresponsible action at this time. Those exploiting such vacuous tittle-tattle as a basis for divisive rhetoric in public spaces are simply playing juvenile politics and we urge them to cease and desist.”

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Iamwrath:
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fear fear

It's not about fear

It's reality

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Nnamdi kanu is a criminal likewise those that issued that ultimatum

sarrki:
It's not about fear

It's reality

War won't pay anyone

Nnamdi kanu is a criminal likewise those that issued that ultimatum

No war won't pay anyone my brother , however Nnamdi and his cohorts have been constituting a nuisance to the Nigerian polity , they issue threats to the country , to different tribes and You can bear witness to it that's if you remember who i am , but one fake ultimatum that everybody has vehemently denied is why they won't let us rest anymore



That's how it feels to lick one's own poison