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The coalition of northern youths have continued to threaten Igbos living in the northern part of Nigeria

- Igbos have been threaten to leave the north or face the consequences

- Calls have been made by Nasir El-Rufai and other governors in the north, seeking the arrest of those threatening the Igbos

- To the peoples' dismay, no arrest has been made by the Nigerian Police Force

Emerging reports suggest that the police, on Thursday, June 8, failed to carry out a directive by the Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, to arrest some northern youths, who issued a three-month ultimatum for the Igbo resident in the area to quit the region.

The groups had, on Tuesday, June 6, issued a three-month ultimatum to people of Igbo extraction, resident in the 19 states in the North, to leave or be forced out before October 1, 2017.

A prepared text of a press conference addressed by the groups was signed by the leaders of the various groups.

Those who signed the groups’ statement are Nastura Sharif (Arewa Citizens Action for Change); Amb. ShettimaYerima (Arewa Youth Consultative Forum); Aminu Adam (Arewa Youth Development Foundation); Alfred Solomon (Arewa Students Forum); Abdul-Azeez Suleiman (Northern Emancipation Network) as well as Joshua Viashman (Northern Youth Vanguard).

“We are also telling our brothers (northerners) out there in the South-East to get prepared to come back home,” Yerima had said.

The National President of the Northern Emancipation Network, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, who read the text of the press conference, alleged that the Igbo had become a threat to the unity of the country.

The Force Headquarters spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, in an interview with newsmen, said the police were still searching for the northern youths who issued the ultimatum.

On Wednesday, El-Rufai had ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of the leaders, saying the call by the groups could destabilize the country.

But while the police said they had yet to make any arrest, the youth in a statement on Thursday dared the force by insisting on their ultimatum.

They, however, said they had no plan to resort to violence.

Explaining the efforts of the police to arrest the youth leaders, the police spokesman stated that police operatives were “looking for them.”

“We are looking for them. They are not sitting in the market waiting to be picked up,” he said.

According to Sahara Reporters, when asked how long it would take to nab the youth leaders, Moshood said he was issuing a statement that would address the issues.

The Kaduna police command spokesman, Aliyu Usman, said there was no update on the matter.

“We have no statement to make, if there is any development, I will tell you. No arrest yet,” he said.

When asked if the police were reluctant to arrest the youths, Usman simply said he would speak when there was an update.

Also, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, while responding to questions from journalists at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Thursday, said the police had yet to arrest the northern youth leaders.

Idris spoke during his monthly conference with assistant inspectors-general of police, commissioners of police and other senior officers.

The IGP stated, “We have no arrest yet. As Commissioners of Police and Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, we have the responsibility to stop this group of persons from carrying out their threats.

“I want us to be at alert to ensure that such persons or groups were stopped at all cost from carrying out their threats. No individual has the authority to stop anybody from looking for his daily bread.”

In a statement late on Thursday, the police called on Igbo in the North to disregard the ultimatum by the northern youths.

The statement by the Force spokesman, Moshood, was however silent on the expected arrest of the group members for making inciting statements.

The force said it was monitoring closely the activities of the various northern youth groups, warning them against acts that could precipitate tension and violence.

Will the Arewa leaders be arrested as they arrested Nnamdi Kanu?

Reacting to the controversial situation on ground, former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, said the development would go a long way in defining the kind of politics that holds sway in Nigeria at the moment.

Omokri took to his Facebook account saying: "The press conference where Igbos were asked to quit the North was held at Arewa House.

To those who do not know what Arewa House is, go and research it. It is almost impossible to hold a press conference at Arewa House without the knowledge of the Kaduna State Government.

Is someone flying a kite? That being said, In 2015, Nnamdi Kanu was jailed by the Muhammadu Buhari administration for two years and charged with treason because he called for an independent state of Biafra. In 2005, Asari Dokubo was jailed for two years by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration and charged with treason because he called for self determination of the Niger-Delta.


In 1993 and 1996 the Abacha administration jailed Gani Fawehinmi for months and charged him with treasonable offenses (holding a political rally against the government).

Nigerians are waiting to see if the same treatment will be meted out to Alhaji Yerima Shettima, President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, who has also committed an act of treason by declaring war on Nigerian citizens of Southeast origin when he and his group ordered them to leave Northern Nigeria.

If he is treated with kid gloves then we will know that President Buhari meant what he said about treating 97 percenters differently from 5 percenters.

Addressing the weakness of the police

Following its failure to arrest leaders of the Arewa youths and northern youths coalition, Omokri said the police are not being fair in their dissemination of justice.

He said: "The funniest thing I have read in a long time is the warning by the Nigerian Police Force to the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum to "to desist forthwith the ultimatum"!

Can you imagine that? Did the Nigerian government ask Nnamdi Kanu to 'desist' or did they arrest and charge him?

So why warning Arewa Youth Consultative Forum and its leader? When people commit treason you arrest and prosecute them, you don't warn them to desist. Or is it that there is one law for Nnamdi Kanu, Asari Dokubo, Gani Fawehinmi, Beko Kuti and co and another law for Alhaji Shettima Yerima and his Arewa Youth Consultative Forum?

It took less than 24 hours for the man who named his dog 'Buhari' to be arrested. But all that the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum gets after 48 hours is a warning by the Nigerian Police Force under President Muhammadu Buhari."

The northerners are "above the law".I hope ECOWAS and Co haven't been compromised because I don't see why they cannot force the FG to conduct a referendum or even split this country themselves.Even the blind can see this country is sinking faster than the titanic but greed and foolishness is making them hold us all to ransom.
No idiot should quote me saying ECOWAS can't dissolve this unholy union because it's not in the constitution,because we all know how buhari refused to follow protocols before sending hundreds of military personnel to Gambia.'

The elders and the priest that supported kanu should also be arrest

Was kanu arrested when he said this?
Was there any pressure from south east leaders to arrest kanu?

EvilMetahuman:
Was kanu arrested when he said this?

Was there any pressure from south east leaders to arrest kanu?

Sorry I have to say this, you are too daft to understand simple English language. was he not arrested when he made such statement in 2015 and since he was released has he made such kind of statement?

We need to make the Country work and not have a lopsided kind of justice system. Deal with anyone found wanting and not be sentimental about it.

Some of you are so myopic and full of hatred.

Thanks

That is expected, when you control everything, you become untouchable.

johnugwu:
Sorry I have to say this, you are too daft to understand simple English language. was he not arrested when he made such statement in 2015 and since he was released has he made such kind of statement?

We need to make the Country work and not have a lopsided kind of justice system. Deal with anyone found wanting and not be sentimental about it.

Some of you are so myopic and full of hatred.

Thanks

lol.. So much emotions and pains in one post. Atleast donate your organs if you want to kill yourself except the brain.

School, una no go go.


Kanu wasn't arrested for his hate speech but for running a pirate radio and waging war against nigerian state after soliciting weapons.

Or What r the charges brought against nmadi kanu?

God is already doing his work. The captors are being released

They simply echoed the wishes of their people...

Why should they be arrested?

EvilMetahuman:
lol.. So much emotions and pains in post. Atleast donate your organs if you want to kill yourself except the brain.

School, una no go go.


Kanu wasn't arrested for his hate speech but for running a pirate radio and waging war against nigerian state after soliciting weapons.

When r the charges brought against nmadi kanu?

Look at this educated guy, you said he was arrested for running a pirate radio and waging war against Nigeria state. Now what is the difference between waging a war against the Nigeria state and making inciting comment.

You claim to be educated but you are just a nonentity with zero way of reasoning.

Don't just get started with me or else you won't find it funny on this platform.

Oladimejyy:
The elders and the priest that supported kanu should also be arrest

U guys are just so unbelievable. This is all u have to spew from the OP, right?

Names of people from all across the zones were picked up without a second thought because they feel they committed an act of treason and the same wasn't done to those from the North and you feel so very OK with it

Damn!

To those who say "was Kanu arrested?"

Are you people dense?

Was he not unjustly imprisoned for almost 2 years?

Where have you been?

Instead of laying low the mumu pipu are jumping on threads up and down causing more nuisance than required



What hurts is that majority of the lieFraud yooots here are either hustlers in Lagos or benefitting in PH, anambra and those other states



But they are causing more problems for their kinsmen in the north , when your brothers start disappearing maybe common sense will return


As a Yoruba catholic who's resided in Abuja, Kaduna and Zaria, I've seen firsthand how quickly things can get messy in the north, witnessed that one in Kaduna and I still have the chills from just remembering

... If you won't contribute to helping the country and your brothers , asshole please don't complicate things for them

EvilMetahuman:
lol.. So much emotions and pains in post. Atleast donate your organs if you want to kill yourself except the brain.

School, una no go go.


Kanu wasn't arrested for his hate speech but for running a pirate radio and waging war against nigerian state after soliciting weapons.

Or What r the charges brought against nmadi kanu?

Sourced from lipodian website they run


Why was Kanu arrested?

Kanu was arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy, intimidation and belonging to an unlawful society. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. He has been criticised by some for using his speeches on the radio or during interviews to encourage a violent uprising against Nigeria to break away from the West African nation.

Basically what prompted his arrest is not just the hate speeches, it's his viral video that showed him soliciting for money to buy weapons


But as usual this virtual and real life bastards believe what they want to believe

Justuceleague2:
Sourced from lipodian website they run


Why was Kanu arrested?




Basically what prompted his arrest is not just the hate speeches, it's his viral video that showed him soliciting for money to buy weapons


But as usual this virtual and real life bastards believe what they want to believe

Abi o..
Its really hard educating these brainwashed flat heads.

Once they hold on to something and back it with hate, they block out all other voice of reasons.


No one will ever charge anybody for hate speech cos there is "freedom of speech law" in nigeria.

Police can only invite you to explain your words if it's heating the polity. (Case study, asari dokubo, pastor suleiman)
That's why hate speech was never part of the charges brought against him but kanu was only criticised for it

johnugwu:
Look at this educated guy, you said he was arrested for running a pirate radio and waging war against Nigeria state. Now what is the difference between waging a war against the Nigeria state and making inciting comment.

You claim to be educated but you are just a nonentity with zero way of reasoning.

Don't just get started with me or else you won't find it funny on this platform.

making inciting statement is different from waging a war.

Use your brain now.
Atleast I'm sure there is 2kb size brain in that giant flat head of yours.


Name one person ever charged to court or sent to prison for making hate speech in nigeria. Sheesh.

EzeUche:
To those who say "was Kanu arrested?"

Are you people dense?

Was he not unjustly imprisoned for almost 2 years?

Where have you been?

The northerners did not threaten any body. They only said Igboes should leave their lands before the first of October.

So, on what charges would they be arrested for?

EvilMetahuman:
making inciting statement is different from waging a war.

Use your brain now.
Atleast I'm sure there is 2kb size brain in that giant flat head of yours.


Name one person ever charged to court or sent to prison for making hate speech in nigeria. Sheesh.

When you make hate speech, you need to be either arrested or invited for further clarification and many have been asked to do so. My point is invite the guys and either caution them or note why such kind of statement was made.

Many have been so called and they were able to clarify themselves and never made such utterances again

If you reason from the anus, listen i don't and i am not interested in your bigotry. I call a spade a spade, any one that is wrong should be called to other.

You guys are just jumping from pillar to post without even providing any meaningful solution.

Let us don't allow hate becloud our sense of reasoning.



I am not struggling with you for anything so pack one-side

johnugwu:
When you make hate speech, you need to be either arrested or invited for further clarification and many have been asked to do so. My point is invite the guys and either caution them or note why such kind of statement was made.

Many have been so called and they were able to clarify themselves and never made such utterances again

If you reason from the anus, listen i don't and i am not interested in your bigotry. I call a spade a spade, any one that is wrong should be called to other.

You guys are just jumping from pillar to post without even providing any meaningful solution.

Let us don't allow hate becloud our sense of reasoning.



I am not struggling with you for anything so pack one-side

then why did you jump on my mention like a mad dog when I said kanu wasn't arrested based on his hate speech?

Why Is it so hard for you to admit you were stupid and you have been schooled?.

Why not make your own stupiid comment instead and move on instead of displaying stupidity for the world to see?

Sit and learn son, sit and learn.

ote author=theemy post=57341468]The coalition of northern youths have continued to threaten Igbos living in the northern part of Nigeria

- Igbos have been threaten to leave the north or face the consequences

- Calls have been made by Nasir El-Rufai and other governors in the north, seeking the arrest of those threatening the Igbos

- To the peoples' dismay, no arrest has been made by the Nigerian Police Force

Emerging reports suggest that the police, on Thursday, June 8, failed to carry out a directive by the Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, to arrest some northern youths, who issued a three-month ultimatum for the Igbo resident in the area to quit the region.

The groups had, on Tuesday, June 6, issued a three-month ultimatum to people of Igbo extraction, resident in the 19 states in the North, to leave or be forced out before October 1, 2017.

A prepared text of a press conference addressed by the groups was signed by the leaders of the various groups.

Those who signed the groups’ statement are Nastura Sharif (Arewa Citizens Action for Change); Amb. ShettimaYerima (Arewa Youth Consultative Forum); Aminu Adam (Arewa Youth Development Foundation); Alfred Solomon (Arewa Students Forum); Abdul-Azeez Suleiman (Northern Emancipation Network) as well as Joshua Viashman (Northern Youth Vanguard).

“We are also telling our brothers (northerners) out there in the South-East to get prepared to come back home,” Yerima had said.

The National President of the Northern Emancipation Network, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, who read the text of the press conference, alleged that the Igbo had become a threat to the unity of the country.

The Force Headquarters spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, in an interview with newsmen, said the police were still searching for the northern youths who issued the ultimatum.

On Wednesday, El-Rufai had ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of the leaders, saying the call by the groups could destabilize the country.

But while the police said they had yet to make any arrest, the youth in a statement on Thursday dared the force by insisting on their ultimatum.

They, however, said they had no plan to resort to violence.

Explaining the efforts of the police to arrest the youth leaders, the police spokesman stated that police operatives were “looking for them.”

“We are looking for them. They are not sitting in the market waiting to be picked up,” he said.

According to Sahara Reporters, when asked how long it would take to nab the youth leaders, Moshood said he was issuing a statement that would address the issues.

The Kaduna police command spokesman, Aliyu Usman, said there was no update on the matter.

“We have no statement to make, if there is any development, I will tell you. No arrest yet,” he said.

When asked if the police were reluctant to arrest the youths, Usman simply said he would speak when there was an update.

Also, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, while responding to questions from journalists at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Thursday, said the police had yet to arrest the northern youth leaders.

Idris spoke during his monthly conference with assistant inspectors-general of police, commissioners of police and other senior officers.

The IGP stated, “We have no arrest yet. As Commissioners of Police and Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, we have the responsibility to stop this group of persons from carrying out their threats.

“I want us to be at alert to ensure that such persons or groups were stopped at all cost from carrying out their threats. No individual has the authority to stop anybody from looking for his daily bread.”

In a statement late on Thursday, the police called on Igbo in the North to disregard the ultimatum by the northern youths.

The statement by the Force spokesman, Moshood, was however silent on the expected arrest of the group members for making inciting statements.

The force said it was monitoring closely the activities of the various northern youth groups, warning them against acts that could precipitate tension and violence.

Will the Arewa leaders be arrested as they arrested Nnamdi Kanu?

Reacting to the controversial situation on ground, former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, said the development would go a long way in defining the kind of politics that holds sway in Nigeria at the moment.

Omokri took to his Facebook account saying: "The press conference where Igbos were asked to quit the North was held at Arewa House.

To those who do not know what Arewa House is, go and research it. It is almost impossible to hold a press conference at Arewa House without the knowledge of the Kaduna State Government.

Is someone flying a kite? That being said, In 2015, Nnamdi Kanu was jailed by the Muhammadu Buhari administration for two years and charged with treason because he called for an independent state of Biafra. In 2005, Asari Dokubo was jailed for two years by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration and charged with treason because he called for self determination of the Niger-Delta.


In 1993 and 1996 the Abacha administration jailed Gani Fawehinmi for months and charged him with treasonable offenses (holding a political rally against the government).

Nigerians are waiting to see if the same treatment will be meted out to Alhaji Yerima Shettima, President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, who has also committed an act of treason by declaring war on Nigerian citizens of Southeast origin when he and his group ordered them to leave Northern Nigeria.

If he is treated with kid gloves then we will know that President Buhari meant what he said about treating 97 percenters differently from 5 percenters.

Addressing the weakness of the police

Following its failure to arrest leaders of the Arewa youths and northern youths coalition, Omokri said the police are not being fair in their dissemination of justice.

He said: "The funniest thing I have read in a long time is the warning by the Nigerian Police Force to the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum to "to desist forthwith the ultimatum"!

Can you imagine that? Did the Nigerian government ask Nnamdi Kanu to 'desist' or did they arrest and charge him?

So why warning Arewa Youth Consultative Forum and its leader? When people commit treason you arrest and prosecute them, you don't warn them to desist. Or is it that there is one law for Nnamdi Kanu, Asari Dokubo, Gani Fawehinmi, Beko Kuti and co and another law for Alhaji Shettima Yerima and his Arewa Youth Consultative Forum?

It took less than 24 hours for the man who named his dog 'Buhari' to be arrested. But all that the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum gets after 48 hours is a warning by the Nigerian Police Force under President Muhammadu Buhari."[/quote]stop thinking about arrest, just relocate

johnugwu:
When you make hate speech, you need to be either arrested or invited for further clarification and many have been asked to do so. My point is invite the guys and either caution them or note why such kind of statement was made.

Many have been so called and they were able to clarify themselves and never made such utterances again

If you reason from the anus, listen i don't and i am not interested in your bigotry. I call a spade a spade, any one that is wrong should be called to other.

You guys are just jumping from pillar to post without even providing any meaningful solution.

Let us don't allow hate becloud our sense of reasoning.



I am not struggling with you for anything so pack one-side

EvilMetahuman:
then why did you jump on my mention like a mad dog when I said kanu wasn't arrested based on his hate speech?

Why Is it so hard for you to admit you were stupid and you have been schooled?.

Why not make your own stupiid comment instead and move on instead of displaying stupidity for the world to see?

Sit and learn son, sit and learn.

EvilMetahuman:
then why did you jump on my mention like a mad dog when I said kanu wasn't arrested based on his hate speech?

Why Is it so hard for you to admit you were stupid and you have been schooled?.

Why not make your own stupiid comment instead and move on instead of displaying stupidity for the world to see?

Sit and learn son, sit and learn.

EvilMetahuman:
then why did you jump on my mention like a mad dog when I said kanu wasn't arrested based on his hate speech?

Why Is it so hard for you to admit you were stupid and you have been schooled?.

Why not make your own stupiid comment instead and move on instead of displaying stupidity for the world to see?

Sit and learn son, sit and learn.

When an idiot speaks he fumes without having any direction. Talking to you is a waste of time because as i can see you are already biased.

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johnugwu:
When an idiot speaks he fumes without having any direction. Talking to you is a waste of time because as i can see you are already biased.

[/s]fhuck off my mention, I don't have time brainless dunces.