A member of the House of Representatives from Kano State has backed
the call by the Coalition of Northern Youths that all the Igbos should
vacate northern Nigeria before October 1.
Rep Aminu Suleiman, the House Committee Chairman, on Tertiary
Education, said people from eastern part of the country could not hold
Nigeria to ransom through their secession threats and other activities.
“I have read the statement of the Northern Youths Coalition. I may
not completely say I share their vision 100 per cent; but they have
found a supporter in me, because the people of eastern Nigeria have
taken this country to ransom.
“They have been causing serious problems to this country; they caused
the civil war, which brought backwardness in this country. They have
been using provocation to attract more attention than other parts of the
country,” he told newsmen on Sundau.
The lawmaker also condemned some northern elite, especially the
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, for ordering the arrest of the
northern youths.
“People like el-Rufai just played to the gallery. I condemn him
entirely for coming out to issue arrest warrant against the northern
youths.
“Where was el-Rufai when IPOB and other secessionist groups in the South East were calling for secession?
Don’t they have governors? Don’t they have elders? Why didn’t they caution them?” he asked.