The governor of Kaduna State, Malam El-Rufai has called for
the immediate arrest of leaders of northern youths coalition that issued a
three-month relocation threat to the Igbo, reports ITRealms.
The governor speaking through the Special Assistant on
Media, Mr. Samuel Aruwan said that the Police and security agencies should
arrest those who signed the threat communique, saying its in violation of
safety and property of citizens, especially of Igbo extraction.
He also said the Kaduna State Government condemns in
the strongest terms the press statement by some self-appointed “northern
youths” that threatened the safety and property of our citizens of Igbo
extraction.
El Rufai assured every resident of the state that their
constitutional and human rights to live peacefully and own property wherever
they choose is sacrosanct. Even people who may feel unhappy about irresponsible
comments or actions that have taken place in other states must know that two
wrongs cannot make a right.
The Kaduna State Government, he said, believes in and will
uphold the right of every Nigerian to live safely and develop his/her full potentials
within its territory.
According to El Rufai, reckless disregard for the rights of
other citizens drips through the press statement by these “northern youths” who
have chosen to use the discourse around restructuring to promote their own
agenda of hate, division and incitement.
“This sort of opportunists cannot be allowed to distort
debate, or turn it into a pretext for a barely-disguised agenda of displacement
and dispossession of some citizens,” he said.
He insisted that his government would not tolerate such
irresponsible statements and conduct in our state. The statement issued by the
“northern youths” violates the laws of Kaduna State. Therefore, the Kaduna State
Government has directed that its Ministry of Justice should prepare charges and
prosecute the signatories and anyone complicit in arranging this egregious
assault on the rights of fellow citizens.
Further, he said, in preparatory to prosecution, the police
have been directed to immediately arrest, interrogate the signatories to the
statement and investigate all the circumstances and persons that may be
implicated in the matter.
“The Kaduna State Government urges all residents to ignore
the threats from the “northern youths”. We are in contact with the leadership
of the Igbo community in Kaduna, and we delighted to say that this community,
like all our other communities, believes in the strength of the constitutional order
to protect all citizens,” he said.
Reiterating that KDSG wishes to encourage all people to
celebrate the diversity with which the Almighty has blessed the country by
continuing to shun agents of division, and to stand firm in upholding a common
humanity.
Umaro Ahmadu/GEE
“Everyone has a right to live in peace and harmony,
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