The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has warned that the attacks and killings of northerners in the South will not augur well for Nigeria as a country.
The National Chairman of the ACF, Audu Ogbeh, said this in a statement he issued on Monday in reaction to the killing of Ahmed Gulak, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owerri, Imo State.
The ACF advised northerners to avoid travelling to the southeast unless such trips are “absolutely necessary” for their own safety
“Yesterday, Sunday 30th May, 2021, one of leaders in the north was brutally murdered on the streets of Owerri Imo State by gunmen, most likely of IPOB and Eastern Security Network (ESN), who have been waging a public campaign of killings and other forms of brutalities, to realise their dream country of Biafra.
“The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) hereby issues a very strong advisory to all northerners who may wish to travel to the South East to weigh the importance and necessity of such travels.
“Unless such trips are absolutely necessary and of compelling nature, like matters of life and death, they should NOT be made. And where the trip must be undertaken, the traveller should take every security precaution in his or her movements while there, including linking with the security agencies at the place/places to be visited.
“The need to issue this travel advisory has become necessary against the backdrop of history, wherein events such as the killings of northern leaders in 1966 triggered the events that led to a civil war that cost the country thousands of lives, and an untold sufferings to millions of innocent people. To be forewarned is to be forearmed, and a stich in time saves nine!”
