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“We are tired of this HOPELESS marriage” Igbos must leave the north before October 1, 2017 - Arewa Groups order Igbos residing in northern Nigeria to leave or face genocide |
The Biafran has obtained a statement jointly issued by prominent groups in Northern Nigeria ordering Igbos residing in northern Nigeria to vacate the area by October 1, 2017. The ultimatum issued on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, after a meeting in Kaduna State by the following groups: Arewa Citizens Action for Change, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Arewa Youth Development Foundation, Arewa Students Forum, and the Northern Emancipation Network, asked the Igbo residing in the region to “start making plans to leave.” or else they will face a situation similar to the pre-civil war pogroms visited on their kin in the 1960s.