Our Quit Notice to Biafran in the North Stays, Arewa Youths Insists

Our Quit Notice to Biafran in the North Stays, Arewa Youths Insists

The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) today restated its stand on quit notice order given to agitators of Biafra who resides in the North.

The Chairman of the forum, Mr. Shettima Yarima, told journalists this in Kano during the North-West consultative forum organised by Coalition of Northern Groups.

Yarima said: “We stand by our notice to the Igbo but those who are interested in Nigeria can stay, those who are not interested can go.

 “Our mission is for peace because the unity of Nigeria is being threatened by the current agitation from some Igbo, and we want to make sure that those who are interested in Nigeria should stay, but those who are not interested should go.

“The purpose of the town hall meeting in Kano is to review the early stand we took and we are collecting views of the people from the North-west region. We will also move to the North Central and Northeast on whether to maintain our position or reconsider it.”

According to him, “We don't have the right to force the people to go. So we are using peaceful means because don't have police and army.”

When asked whether the Kano town hall meeting will give an insight on their mission, Yarima stated that “we cannot summarise our position until we consult other zones.”

In his address at the meeting, Chairman of Coalition of Northern Groups, Mr. Nastura Ashir Sheriff, said the northern youth had written to United Nations on their mission for united Nigeria and copied all evidences of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader atrocities.

Sheriff emphasised that the coalition of northern groups embarked on awareness to get the people’s position.

“The attitude of IPOB leader is worrisome because the future of the nation is at the brink because he has created serious disaffection for northerners,” he added.

In his goodwill message, a university lecturer, Professor Aliyu Jibia, announced plan by his Arewa Sumit Development Initiative to organise a one-million-man march by October 1 to draw attention to the multifaceted challenges bedeviling the region.

The delegate conference is expected to attract patriotic northerner to the march which would be held in Kano.