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Igbo quit notice: Arewa groups’ leaders dare police to arrest youths
Four days after the police said it had launched a manhunt for the leaders of the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups that warned the Igbo to leave the North within three months, no member of the group has been arrested.
Meanwhile, the leaders of the coalition were said to have been seen holding meetings at Arewa House in Kaduna after last Tuesday when they issued their threat at a press conference.
A police source said they had continued to meet in the Arewa House daring security agents to arrest them. Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State had, on Wednesday, ordered the police to arrest the leaders of the coalition.
The police said the order would be carried out. But the situation took a twist on Friday, after the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, backed the youths’ call on the Igbo to leave the North.
A source close to the NEF told Sunday Vanguard, last night, that the elders’ group’s position was a strategy designed to embolden the youths coalition.
Vanguard, June 11, 2017
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Oise Oikelomen
June 11, 2017 at 6:15 pm
A part of me had wished that the Northern Elders will wade in to caution their youths and calm frayed nerves. Another part of me doubted that this will happen, for the simple reason that the North hardly speak with divided voice. It’s beginning to look like El Rufai’s arrest order was just a charade. Hmmm, the situation is taking a more dangerous turn. But wait o, what has the Presidency said or done about this???