Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the
ultimatum issued by the Coalition of Northern Youths, CNY, that Igbos should
vacate the North in three months.
Recall that the spokesperson of a Northern Coalition group,
Coalition of Northern Youths, CNY, Abdulaziz Suleiman, had ordered Igbos to
vacate the region in three months.
Speaking yesterday, Suleiman had said the entire Northern
Nigeria was tired of coexisting with the Igbos and asked that “all Igbos
currently residing in any part of Northern Nigeria are hereby served notice to
relocate within three months and all northerners residing in the East are
advised likewise.
“The persistence for the actualization of Biafra by the
unruly Igbo of South-Eastern Nigeria has lately assumed another alarming twist
which involved the forceful lockdown of activities and denial of other people’s
right to free movement in the South-East by the rebel Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) and its overt and covert sponsors.”
Reacting to the threat, Ohanaeze Youths said the Igbos
cannot leave after investing trillions in developing the region.
They asked the Igbos living in the North to prepare to
defend themselve, as the Northern youths have declared war.
But the former Vice President, who took to his twitter
handle, on Wednesday wrote: “Our country is too precious; our problems are too
pressing to pander to divisive rhetoric.
“The ultimatum issued by a Northern youth coalition to the
Igbos to quit the region is provocative, and a grave threat to national
security.
“The counter response by a South-east group to Northerners
is also reckless and thoughtless.”
By Seun Opejobi
