Standup9ja: El- Rufai, I’ll arrest Arewa youths no matter
how long it takes
Members of the Igbo Delegate Assembly, comprising Igbo
Leaders from the 19 Northern States and the FCT, during their visit to Governor
Nasir El-Rufai at Government House in Kaduna yesterday. The governor assured
them on behalf of the northern governors that everyone is safe in the north
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, yesterday said
he will ensure the arrest of the Arewa
youths who issued quit notice to Igbo in the North no matter how long it takes.
El-Rufai who spoke while receiving leaders of the Igbo
Delegate Assembly and Northern Igbo Chiefs who paid him a visit at Government
House Kaduna, said the youths would be
arrested and prosecuted to serve as deterrent to others.
He however called on the
Igbo leaders to prevail on their youths to stop making statements
capable of dividing Nigeria.
El-Rufai said, “Kaduna used to be a home for all, but so
much crisis has divided the state and the metropolis across religious lines. As
a government that is why we abolished indigeneship, once you live in Kaduna you
are an indigene. We are going to arrest the Arewa Youths and bring them to
justice no matter how long it takes.”
The President General Igbo Delegate Assembly, Chief Chikezie
Nwogu, in his reaction, said the Igbo were not going anywhere but would remain
in the North.
“We want the government to tackle the root cause of
agitations and subsequent quit notice by Northern youths and find solution. We
are not happy with the call for division. We want Nigeria as one so that all of
us can benefit. Northern youths have been our brothers,” he said.
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