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There’ll be crisis if police arrest Arewa youths – Junaid Mohammed
A Second Republic lawmaker and Northern elder statesman, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has warned that the arrest of Arewa youths over the quit notice to Igbo would lead to crisis in the region.
Giving the warning during a chat with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, Mohammed said that the Federal Government demonstrated irresponsibility in its selective handling of the threats from the southern and northern regions of the country.
He said, “The threat to arrest the youth, in my opinion, is not only counter – productive but also inappropriate.
“This is because ideally, with the position of things, every Nigerian has the right to live and conduct their businesses in any part of the country.
“But the Federal Government left their toes behind when they allowed the IPOB, which is being financed by the Igbo political and business elites both in the country and in the Diaspora to be issuing statements freely.
“Therefore, any attempt to arrest Arewa youths will lead to problems. I am resident in Kano State and the last time the Kaduna State Government brought up the issue of arrest , there would have been violence if an attempt to arrest anybody by the police had been made.”
Punch, June 24, 2017
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Anita Kingsley
June 24, 2017 at 7:59 pm
This man is very right because the northerners like crisis more than their family members. If the government should arrest any of the youths due to the deadline threats, more matters will arise and they will lead to crisis
JOHNSON PETER
June 25, 2017 at 4:40 am
That does not mean anything, there is always a way to suppress them. They must be arrested
seyi jelili
June 25, 2017 at 4:53 am
Oga Biafra, why do you want them to be arrested? Are you not craving Biafra again
Animashaun Ayodeji
June 24, 2017 at 8:01 pm
Aside all these things mentioned by Mohammed, the Northerners re currently in control of Nigeria, the force cannot do anything to them no matter how bad they go. Nigeria of today is powerless when it comes to dealing with the Northerners
Abeni Adebisi
June 24, 2017 at 8:05 pm
Mr Junaid, please simply put it clearly and rightly, the Northerners are gods who can’t neither be arrested nor taken to court over any unlawful thing they do and we’ll understand you better
yanju omotodun
June 25, 2017 at 4:49 am
He is just being honest, arresting them won’t solve the problem. So it’s better we have a dialogue with them on peace
seyi jelili
June 25, 2017 at 4:54 am
Northerners can not be bigger than the law. Arrest should be made to make them scape goats for others who may want to spark crisis in the country