Barely one week after some youths
ordered Igbos resident in northern Nigeria to vacate, reports show some Igbo
citizens in the region are gradually relocating, according to dailypost
Recall that a coalition of
Northern Youth Groups, in what they tagged: “The Kaduna Declaration” had given
all Igbos residing in any part of Northern Nigeria three months to relocate to
their places of origin.
The spokesman of the group,
Alhaji AbdulAziz Suleiman while briefing newsmen in Kaduna Tuesday said, “With
the effective date of this declaration, which is today, Tuesday, June 06, 2017,
all Igbos currently residing in any part of Northern Nigeria are hereby served
notice to relocate within three months and all northerners residing in the East
are advised likewise.”
A visit to some motor parks in
northern Nigeria on Thursday showed that many Igbos are already returning to
the East to avoid being harmed.
When this reporter visited the
God is Good Motor Park in Mando, Kaduna State on Thursday, the park was filled
to the brim with Igbos, who are heading to their country home.
Speaking, a man who gave his name
as Ifeanyi Odozie, an electric appliance dealer said he doesn’t want to risk
the life of his family.
“I have been in this place for thirty years but I think I have overstayed my welcome here. I will take my family to the village and return by next week to sell off some of my belongings here,” he said.
When reminded that the federal government had since ordered the arrest of those behind the threat, the father of six angrily said, “the federal government won’t be there to save us when problem starts.
“Since they gave the order, who has been arrested? I also have my village; it is high time I returned home.”
Another lady, who gave her name
as Chioma Okoye, said she sells second hand clothes at the Kaduna Central
market in Kaduna.
“I want to go and rest for a while. I really don’t know what these people are up to. I will come back when they are ready to accommodate us,” she said.
Similarly, a trip to the Kofar
Ruwa Market park of the Peace Mass Transit in Kano also showed that Igbos are
already returning to their home towns in droves.
Our reporters spotted some person
with their belongings, including, mattresses, cooking pots, boxes of clothes,
and other home appliances.
When our reporter approached one of the travelers, who gave his name as Mazi Obiekwe, he angrily said, “go and ask Buhari and his kinsmen why they want us to leave their land.”
When prodded further how long he
has been in Kano, he simply said, “Seems they sent you after me this morning.
Don’t let me invoke ‘amadioha’ to punish you.”
Meanwhile, prominent Nigerians,
including the president, senators, past leaders have affirmed that every
Nigerian has the right to live in any part of the country.
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