The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has said that the leader of
the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is sowing the seed
of discord in the country.
In a statement issued after its town hall meeting in Kano on Monday,
CNG claimed that his recent orders that have grounded movement in the
South East, have “foreclosed the avenues for an expected peaceful
resolution” with regards to the quit notice issued by Arewa Youths to
Igbos in the North.
According to the statement, “his (Nnamdi Kanu) recent action of
forcefully grounding movement of people including those from other
regions by shutting down most South-East cities notwithstanding the mild
and ineffective condemnation by some Igbo political, cultural and
religious leaders has foreclosed the avenues for an expected early
peaceful resolution.
“It is further justification of our concern expressed in the Kaduna
Declaration and subsequent correspondences with the Acting President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the International Community.
“These renewed threats contained in Kanu’s unwarranted utterances and
actions compel us to push further for definite national and
international action that would decide the Biafran matter to conclusion
once and for all.
“In our usual truly patriotic aim to forestall the drift toward
anarchy in Nigeria, and also to alert the international community as to
where responsibility would ultimately lie if such momentous events ever
came to pass, we have followed up our earlier effort by another round of
initiatives of extending similar communications to relevant
authorities.”
They added that, “accordingly, we have met with many leaders and
groups with positive developments while our doors remain open for
discussions with more groups, leaders and agencies genuinely interested
in addressing the separatist issues with a view to finally achieving a
peaceful and stable Nigeria.”
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