Northern Governors represented by
Governor of Borno State and Chairman of their forum, Kashim Shettima on
Wednesday met with a group of Northern elders and Arewa coalition leaders.
The parley was in continuation of
efforts to ensure withdrawal of October 1 quit notice against Igbos living in
the North,
The meeting which began at about
2:30pm lasted till 6:30pm at the Borno Governor’s lodge in Asokoro, Abuja
behind closed doors.
Details of the meeting were
contained in a statement Wednesday night by Shettima’s spokesman, Isa Gusau.
“The meeting, which is the third
since July was at the instance of some Northern Governors who mandated Shettima
to engage the coalition with a view to preventing possible outbreak of violence
in the event hoodlums take advantage of quit notice to perpetuate violence by
the time the ultimatum expires on October 1”.
“The meeting was attended by
members of the Northern elders forum: Professor Ango Abdullahi, Alhaji Sani
Zango Daura, Air Marshall Al-Amin Daggash, AVM Mukhtar Mohammed, Professor Yima
Sen and Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed who represented the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial
Foundation.
“Key leaders of the coalition of
Arewa groups, Yerima Shettima, Ashir Sherrif, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, Aminu Adam,
Balarabe Rufai and leaders of other groups in the coalition all attended.
“The meeting ended on positive
note while the Arewa coalition is expected to meet members of the AbdulSalami
Abubakar led National Peace Committee who invited them for a meeting” Gusau
added.
Shettimaa and the elders also
spoke extensively on serious problems bedevilling the northern Nigeria
especially those concerning Boko Haram insurgency, backwardness in education
resulting for high level of out of school children roaming as Almajiri.
The leaders offered far reaching
suggestions which they requested Governor Shettima to convey to his colleagues
in the northern Governors Forum.
Governor Shettima previously held
three separate meetings with leaders of the Arewa coalition in Kaduna, Abuja
and Maiduguri before Wednesday’s meeting that included elders.
The Arewa coalition is expected
to make its decision public at a date to be determined by members of the
coalition.
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