QUIT NOTICE: IGBOS GRADUALLY FLEEING NORTH

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Barely one week after  Northern Youth Groups, in what they tagged: “The Kaduna Declaration” had given all Igbos residing in any part of Northern Nigeria three months to relocate to their places of origin,some Igbo citizens in the region are gradually relocating.



A visit to some motor parks by DAILY POST, have shown that in northern Nigeria on Thursday showed that many Igbos are already returning to the East to avoid being harmed.

When a reporter visited the God is Good Motor Park in Mando, Kaduna State on Thursday, the park was filled to the brim with Igbos, who are heading to their country home.

A man who gave his name as Ifeanyi Odozie, an electric appliance dealer said he doesn’t want to risk the life of his family.

“I have been in this place for thirty years but I think I have overstayed my welcome here. I will take my family to the village and return by next week to sell off some of my belongings here,” he said.
When reminded that the federal government had since ordered the arrest of those behind the threat, the father of six angrily said,
“the federal government wont be there to save us when problem starts.

“Since they gave they order, who has been arrested? I also have my village, it is high time I returned home.”
Another lady, who gave her name as Chioma Okoye, said she sells second hand clothes at the Kaduna Central market in Kaduna.

“I want to go and rest for a while. I really don’t know what these people are up to. I will come back when they are ready to accommodate us,” she said.
Similarly, a trip to the Kofar Ruwa Market park of the Peace Mass Transit in Kano also showed that Igbos are already returning to their home towns in droves.

According to Daily Post, some persons were spotted with their belongings, including, mattresses, cooking pots, boxes of clothes, and other home appliances. When approached ,one of the travelers, who gave his name as Mazi Obiekwe, he angrily said,

“go and ask Buhari and his kinsmen why they want us to leave their land.”
When prodded further how long he has been in Kano, he simply said,

“Seems they sent you after me this morning. Don’t let me invoke ‘amadioha’ to punish you.”
Meanwhile, prominent Nigerians, including the president, senators, past leaders have affirmed that every Nigerian has the right to live in any part of the country

BREAKING NEWS:GOV. EL-RUFAI ORDERS ARREST "NORTHERN YOUTHS" WHO ORDERED IGBOS TO LEAVE THE NORTH !

Governor El-Rufai Orders Arrest Of Miscreants Who Ordered Igbos To Leave The North And Threatened Them.

“The Kaduna State Government condemns in the strongest terms the press statement by some self-appointed “northern youths” that threatened the safety and property of our citizens of Igbo extraction.
Government assures every resident of our state that their constitutional and human rights to live peacefully and own property wherever they choose is sacrosanct. Even people who may feel unhappy about irresponsible comments or actions that have taken place in other states must know that two wrongs cannot make a right.

The Kaduna State Government believes in and will uphold the right of every Nigerian to live safely and develop his/her full potentials within its territory.

Reckless disregard for the rights of other citizens drips through the press statement by these “northern youths” who have chosen to use the discourse around restructuring to promote their own agenda of hate, division and incitement. This sort of opportunists cannot be allowed to distort debate, or turn it into a pretext for a barely-disguised agenda of displacement and dispossession of some citizens.

We will not tolerate such irresponsible statements and conduct in our state. The statement issued by the “northern youths” violates the laws of Kaduna State. Therefore, the Kaduna State Government has directed that its Ministry of Justice should prepare charges and prosecute the signatories and anyone complicit in arranging this egregious assault on the rights of fellow citizens.

Preparatory to prosecution, the police have been directed to immediately arrest, interrogate the
signatories to the statement and investigate all the circumstances and persons that may be implicated in the matter.

The Kaduna State Government urges all residents to ignore the threats from the “northern youths”. We are in contact with the leadership of the Igbo community in Kaduna, and we delighted to say that this community, like all our other communities, believes in the strength of the constitutional order to protect all citizens.

KDSG wishes to encourage all our people to celebrate the diversity with which the Almighty has blessed us, to continue to shun agents of division, and to stand firm in upholding a common humanity. Everyone has a right to live in peace and harmony.”
Samuel Aruwan

Senior Special Assistant- Media and Publicity
7th June 2017