A coalition
of northern youth groups says it is set to review its position on the October 1
quit notice ultimatum given to Igbos.
During an
interview with Journalists in Kaduna, President of the Arewa Youths
Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima said the decision to review the ultimatum
is for the interest of peace and unity of the country.
He added
that the intervention of some notable Igbo leaders showed that the indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB) does not speak for the entire Igbos.
“After
the June Kaduna declaration, a lot had happened. The silence on the part of the
south east governors actually prompted a lot of things that gave birth to the
June declaration. Having seen a lot of things going on as regards to governors
having meetings to dissociate themselves from that IPOB, believing in Nigeria
and also organisations such as the Ohanezes and the Ohaneze Youth Council and
other prominent Nigerians from that same axis, gave us reasons to begin to
think of reviewing our positions.
“But
then, officially, we have not sat down to conclude plans on reviewing the
position of things. I hope very soon, we will sit down and also review the
situation that will make our position very clear on our position on what we
felt about the whole thing.
“To those
who believe in Nigeria, they should remain calm, there is no problem but to
those who felt they want a republic of their own please they should not drag
the north into that mess because we strongly believe in Nigeria. They should go
back to their area since they believe they want to go out of Nigeria and they
want to form a republic of their own. They cannot build another nation, in the
midst of a nation that exists,” he stressed.
Source: - Channels | July 24, 2017
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