The Ijaw youths council, IYC, has
warned that any attack on southerners residing in the North will be visited
with “commensurate response.”
IYC issued the threat why
faulting the refusal of security agents to arrest Arewa youths over the quit
notice and those behind the hate song calling for the killings of Igbos in the
North.
Factional Chairman of the
council, Eric Omare said the failure of security agents to arrest those behind
the hate speech and quit notice is an indication that some Northern are
determined to “massacre Southerners.”
In a statement, Eric said, “The
news of a song calling for the killing of Igbo in the north has been reported
by several newspapers; however it is sad to note that the government and
security agencies have failed to act.
“The deliberate refusal of the
government and security agencies to take action against several conducts by
northern elements which threaten national security is emboldening these persons
to continue in their conducts.
“It is very unfortunate that security agencies
that would invite reputable Nigerians of southern extraction even for comments
they know nothing about would turn a deaf ear to issues that threatens the
survival of the country by northern elements.
“The hate song circulating in the
north is more worrisome considering the insistence by northern youths that Igbo
should quit the north by October 1, 2017. The coalition of northern youths
October 1, 2017 quit notice coupled with the hate song and the deliberate
refusal of the Hausa/Fulani led federal government to act clearly indicate that
some elements in the north have made up their minds to massacre southerners
living in the north. This is highly condemnable and unacceptable.
“The IYC call on southerners
living in the north to be vigilant in the days ahead and warn that any attack
on southerners in the north will be visited with commensurate response from
southerners. The federal government must know that considering the fragile
state of the nation; Nigeria may not be able to survive any inter-regional or
inter-ethnic killings.”
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