Coalition of Northern Groups are Set to address a world press conference
announcing the withdrawal of the Kaduna October 1 quit notice on Ndigbo
living in the north.
The peace deal was reportedly brokered by New Nigerian Project, the
brainchild of Chairman, Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria, Chief
Allen Onyema and Mohammed Danjuma, President, Arewa Transformation and
Empowerment Initiative.
President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima had said
the decision to review the ultimatum is for the interest of peace and
unity of the country.
He added that the intervention of some notable Igbo leaders showed that
the indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) does not speak for the entire
Igbos.
“After the June Kaduna declaration, a lot had happened. The silence on the
part of the south east governors actually prompted a lot of things that
gave birth to the June declaration. Having seen a lot of things going on
as regards to governors having meetings to dissociate themselves from that
IPOB, believing in Nigeria and also organisations such as the Ohanezes and
the Ohaneze Youth Council and other prominent Nigerians from that same
axis, gave us reasons to begin to think of reviewing our positions.
“But then, officially, we have not sat down to conclude plans on reviewing
the position of things. I hope very soon, we will sit down and also review
the situation that will make our position very clear on our position on
what we felt about the whole thing.
“To those who believe in Nigeria, they should remain calm, there is no
problem but to those who felt they want a republic of their own please
they should not drag the north into that mess because we strongly believe
in Nigeria. They should go back to their area since they believe they want
to go out of Nigeria and they want to form a republic of their own. They
cannot build another nation, in the midst of a nation that exists,” he
stressed.