The Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday rejected Arewa youths’
decision to withdraw the quit notice issued to Igbos in the northern part of
the country.
Recall that Arewa youths had
recently ordered Igbos residing in the North to vacate the region before
October 1.
However, the coalition, in a
press conference yesterday in Abuja withdrew
the quit notice,saying Igbos can remain anywhere in the North.
But, in its reaction, the
pro-Biafra group described the withdrawal of the quit notice as
“inconsequential.”
IPOB insists that Arewa youths
should, “stick to the quit notice,” if they have any “honour.”
A statement by IPOB’s
spokesperson, Emma Powerful reads, “It is inconsequential to IPOB whether the
‘quit notice’ was rescinded or not because it will in no way impact the pace
and direction of our effort to restore Biafra.
“Threats don’t have any effect on
us, so our advice to the Arewa North is to please stick to the October 1
deadline or else they have no honour.
“We urge all southerners in the
core North to return home before October 1 as history will most definitely
repeat itself.
“Southerners were massacred in
the pogroms of 1966 and 1967 after similar assurances were issued then that
people should remain in the North,” the IPOB spokesman said.
The pro-Biafra group alleged that
the ‘quit notice’, which it described as an incitement to genocide, was
endorsed by Northern political leaders.
“The presence of a serving
governor and senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria during the supposed
press briefing confirms what we have always known that the incitement to
genocide, which is what the ‘quit notice’ is all about, has the blessing of the
Arewa political class.
“If President Muhammadu Buhari is
at all serious about clamping down on hate speech, he should arrest those
behind the ‘quit notice’ along with their sponsors,” IPOB said.
“Trying to drag the name of our
leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, into their unintelligent blood fest will be resisted.
“If the idea is to cow our leader
with calls for his arrest, then those behind the genocidal edict of ‘Igbos must
leave the North’ are even dumber than we thought.
“Nigeria is crumbling today
before our eyes due to the arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu; those wishing for him to
be arrested again are basically signing the death warrant of Nigeria,” the
secessionist group added.
dis boys need to be arested
ReplyDeleteHe must be arrested, period.
ReplyDeleteMumu Shehu go and arrest them if you are strong. How many fulani herdsmen who are killing and raping farmers in the South have you arrested? How many Arewa Northern leaders have you arrested? Stupid Almaijiri like you
ReplyDeleteWithdrawing the quit notice has not solved the problem of marginalization or made us loose our fundamental human rights of self determination......... The agitation continues until referendum is granted
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