- Cautions ACF against reckless utterances
A group, Northern Youths Initiative and Political Congress (NOPCO), has expressed worry over certain statement credited to Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF and Igbo Political Group Ohaneze against Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle.
The group, in a statement by Yusuf Abubakar, Chairman (North), also accused the regional bodies of playing to gallery on the recent write-up response in defense of Northerners living in southern Nigeria by Governor Matawalle.
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“Truly, Governor Bello Muhammad made it clear that enough is enough over the continue attacks and butchering of Hausa people leaving in the South due to ethnic and hatred by some suspected hooligans and thugs across the southern region of Nigeria.
“We are aware that just recent some miscreants under the watchful eyes of their leaders attacked and killed many Hausa people at Orlu, Imo state, few months after same attacks of Hausa community in Sasha Market, Ibadan, Oyo state respectively.
“Despite our accomadative posture of giving shelter and protecting their dignity and well being, Igbo people are taking this issue far in open attacks and destruction of properties of our dear people due to a reason best known to them in their areas.
“Therefore, we are so touched and happy when a sitting governor, governor of Zamfara state with all the great respect and courage to come out and send a warning against such injustice meted against particular tribe of this country in order to bring an end to such killings.
“Northern youths are fully behind him and support such move to bring a lasting solution and wanton killings of these innocent people in the south.
“His words has justify his acton by the process he followed in reaching out to some of his colleagues in the North to unite and confront such ugly trends of attacks against Hausa community in the South.
“We condemned in totality the meddlesome of Ohaneze and PANDEF on issues that entirely affect the survival of our people, where they questioned the action and reaction of Zamfara governor on the carnage happening under their watch in the south without taking any action to remedy the continue attacks.
“The Ohaneze and PANDEF does not belong to North and cannot threatened northern leaders that have genuine intention of protecting and safe guarding their people like governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle.
“We also frown at the involvement of Arewa Consultative Forum of becoming so silent after these constant attacks on Northerners, only to voice their opinion against the Zamfara state governor and other immenent Northerners that have expressed their worries and concern on the escalation of such injustice against Hausa community.
“We call on ACF to immediately withdrawal such statement and seek audience with Gov Bello Muhammad and other immenent Northerners in order to bring a lasting solution and unite to save our people in the South.
“The Federal Government needs to urgently pacify these victims by giving them compensation and create an avenue of bringing unity and cohesion among us, so that these hooligans can stop hiding under the hatred to perpetuated such criminal activities on the innocent Hausa traders and community.
“The northern governors Forum need to urgently visit Imo and Anambra to get the roots of these crisis in order to bring a lasting solution of peace to our people,” the group said.
