Standup9ja: Feel at home, ACF youth president tells Igbo
As condemnations trail call by some Arewa Youths for Igbo to
vacate the north, the President of Arewa Consultative Forum (Youth Congress),
Isaac Balami has denied knowledge of the declaration by the Coalition of Arewa
Youth threatening the southeasterners in the north.
“I want to officially clear the air and state categorically
that I was not aware of the declaration until my attention was called to it
through the media,” Balami declared in a statement on Thursday.
He condemned the call by the group, saying, “I am not in any
way in support of the declaration as it contradicts my personal national
philosophy of one Nigeria.”
Balami who reiterated that Arewa elders led by Alhaji
Ibrahim Coomasie, Chairman of ACF and former Inspector General of Police
believed in one united Nigeria said Igbo have equal rights to leave in any part
of the country.
The Arewa Youth leader noted that “the Current
administration means well for all Nigerians and are working and doing the best
to ensure that Nigeria is one big indivisible and Prosperous Nation under God.”
He appealed to Ibos in the north to feel at home anywhere in
Nigeria, noting that Igbo have lived and done business with the North for
several decades.
“I believe this relative peaceful co-existence can continue
with the blessing of God…I personally appreciate the Maturity with which
Nigerian Youths from the east, North and other parts of the country especially
have handled the process so far.
I appeal to the Peace loving youths of Nigeria to approach
issues that relates to National Unity with caution no matter their grievances
and agitations.”
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