By Jacob Ajom & Kabir Dankatsina
LAGOS— President of Igbo Youths Congress, IYC, Comrade Jerry Onyeamaechi Ugwu, has described the quit order by Arewa Youths Congress on the Igbo as unnecessary and uncalled for.
Ugwu, who spoke in Lagos, commended the Federal Government for her prompt reaction in curbing the action of the Arewa youths to forestall a retaliatory action on the part of the Igbo.
He said the Igbo race had demonstrated the spirit of true nationalism by co-existing with their host communities peacefully across the country.
“The recent call by the Arewa Youth Congress that Igbo people should leave the north is capable of inciting the youths of the Igbo race to react negatively. However, we all look up to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which promises to protect all citizens of the country wherever they reside because all Nigerians deserve protection.”
While thanking the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the 36 states governors, the South West leaders and other ethnic groups for rallying behind the Igbo, Ugwu called on youths of the country to look at their future and desist from allowing themselves to be used by politicians who do not have the interest of the country at heart.
Bagudu condemns act, calls for arrest
In a related development, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State has condemned the ultimatum to Igbo as an unpatriotic act and called on security agencies to arrest the Arewa youths immediately.
Bagudu made the call at Government House in Birnin Kebbi when some groups paid him a Sallah homage.
He noted that Igbo and Hausa have been living, working and trading together in peace, adding that all those agitating for a sovereign state and those that issued the quit notice are trying to destroy the country.
He called on Igbo in Kebbi and other states in the north to ignore the ultimatum and go about their normal businesses.
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