The Arewa Consultative Forum has warned the Igbo against maltreating the Hausa living in the South-East in the guise of fighting the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
The ACF said maltreating the Hausa could jeopardise the Igbo’s investments, which it said amounted to over N45tn in just three states of the North.
The ACF Deputy National Secretary, Abubakar Umar, while receiving the South-South/South-East Arewa Coalition who paid a courtesy call on the Forum in Kaduna on Friday, said the warning became necessary in view of the ongoing intimidation of the Hausa in the South-East.
In particular reference to the issuance of Identification cards to the Hausa trading in the South-East by some governments in the region, Umar said that it should be done in good faith.
He, however, expressed fears that if the North should embark on such venture, the investments of the Igbo residence in the region could be endangered.
He said the development could cause crisis that might lead to undeserved division of Nigerians on ethnic or religious considerations.
Cautioning the South-East governments against engaging in what he termed “forceful” registration of the Hausa, the ACF chieftain said, “What is wrong in the exercise was that a segment of a community was the target.”
He insisted that statistics available to the Forum indicated that Igbo’s investments in Kaduna, Kano and Jos alone amounted to N45tn, claiming that with such huge investments in just three states, the South-East governments had no reason to maltreat the Hausa doing businesses in the region.
Umar said, “If the table turns round, it could be disastrous as these investments may suffer, but we are praying for understanding among the entire Nigerians to accept themselves wherever they live to earn legitimate means of livelihood.”
Umar recalled that the Yoruba and Igbo people in Jos lost N480bn and N410bn investments respectively to the 2011 post-election violence while the South-South also lost N970bn in the same crisis.
He added, “We know these statistics; we have these statistics, so we expect the Igbo to treat our kinsmen, our brothers and sisters in the East as kings and queens in view of the fact that the Igbos have more investments in the North than in the East.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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OLD FOOL INDEED,FOOL AT 70 SENSELESS IDIOT, U WANT MAKE WILL NOTICE ABI. OK U BE MUMU
ReplyDeleteIs this a treat ? What is this man saying? As old as he is! The North should treat the pple from the east and west the way they(Northerners) wants to be treated.
ReplyDeleteMark.
u pple are very stupid do u no how many igbo dey kill in usless noth.just pray dat dey will not be any expltion in d sout east.
ReplyDeletelook at aboki is warning igbos.one igbo man is impotant dan 10 hausas.i dont blame u pple i blame d fools.go to enugu,imo,abia,ebonyi,and anambra my state.every tin moving in buisness is flowing.but u fools refuse to come bak to home.umu atulu.am angry .anambra boy
ReplyDeletedont b angry go n hang ur self,dan iska!!!
DeleteAnn. 8:28 you are more a fool than a fool. If this plane truth is not ok, we shall see.
ReplyDeleteIgbos this a wake up call for u to begin to retrive your investments home cos oburu na ogu su your strictly on ur own. My uncles in kano have since 2010 sold their properties and invested the money in aba. So a word is enough for him that have ears. Gbam
ReplyDeleteA word is enough for the wise... These people are just expressing the extent of their hatred to the igbos even on their properties, every igbo person residing in the north is to be blamed if anything should happen to them.... Please make una cum bak east oooo and invest here in your fatherland where there is no risk of any kind. ... IGBO- BOY
ReplyDeleteIf all those investments in north and west are in the Igboland, no doubt that we would be the most industrialized and prosperous region.
ReplyDeletethis man is telling the Igbos that they are fool because you cannot even find any big Hausa investment in Igboland, you can only see them with cows and carrot there. they don't even rent house, they only buy mat and sleep with but have many farmlands and property at their regions
ReplyDeleteOn second thought, I concur with some of the post above, this old man has just revealed to us systematically that we are not in one nigeria system as dreamt or believed by some.
ReplyDeleteAll ibos ,yorubas,ijaws etc should pls leave the North, most Northerners don't want you there and they never will come rain or sunshine. Personally I don't hate or dislike Northerners, I have nothing against them in fact some are good and nice but note once one is not wanted in an apartment there's virtually nothing one can do the best option is to vacate such apartment don't wait till u learn the hard unforgettable way, in fact according to statistics the North is not a safe place to be presently. A word is enough for the wise.
Mark.
This means the northern elders deliberately use their thugs to destroy investments of Igbos and Yorubas in the north through contrived crises. This is a shame. It should be an eye opener to ignorant southerners who quarrel among themselves instead of bonding to break this yoke of cattle rearers so they can develop their regions. ACF should tell us how much investment of Hausa fulanis were destroyed in crises in the south during the same period. Also when has ACF done to stop maltreatment of Igbos going on daily in the north?.
ReplyDeleteWake up call, from a direct threat....
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