An Eastern
group, Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, has said that Ndigbo are not afraid of war,
which is a reply it has given to an eviction threat by a northern youth group
ordering all Igbos to leave the north in three months or face physical attacks.
A statement allegedly issued by the Eastern groups founder, Evang. Elliot
Ugochukwu-Uko, it described the eviction order by the Coalition of Northern
Youths, CNY, as “childish,” stressing that people of the South East are not
afraid of war.
Evangelis
Ugochukwu noted that rather than issue such threat, the group should write to
the National Assembly and other world body to “urgently” conduct referendum so
as to secure the future of the country. “The statement from a hitherto unknown
northern group is primed to deliver a message to the whole world that some
people prefer bloodshed to peaceful restructuring of Nigeria.
“The non-existent
group merely represents an attempt by the sectional security apparatchiks to
intimidate the struggle to reconstruct Nigeria, in their blind and
unintelligent attempt to sustain the clearly unworkable status quo.
“If they
were serious, they would have addressed the FG to grant Biafra freedom to
secede, but they are childishly targeting Igbo property in the North, without
advancing total complete split of the country. “Igbo property in the North have
always been used to blackmailing our people, while the mindless oppression
continues.
We therefore plead with this unknown group to write to the National
Assembly, northern leaders and the United Nations, to as a matter of urgency,
grant a referendum on the future of Nigeria. That way, everybody will take them
serious. “Targeting our properties in the North do not frighten anybody, we are
used to that.
We beg them to amend their childish statement to demand for an
early referendum. That would make more sense. Our people are living in hell
already. We are not scared of war mongering, Referendum is the way to go.”
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