Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has been given 72 hours by the Arewa Youth Assembly to move Yoruba people from the North or they would be forced out of the region.
The warning was contained in a statement issued by the speaker of the youth assembly, Mohammed Salihu Danlami.
“We are hereby giving him the ultimatum of 72 hours to move his people out or we will be forced to take necessary actions by personally taking the responsibility of getting his people back home,” the statement read in part.
It went on to note that “One Mr Sunday Igboho issued a press statement in which he was quoted as saying enough is enough that the time for the Yoruba nation is now, they will no longer accommodate and accept the presence of Northerners.”
“This is despite the fact that the constitution of the country has made it crystal clear that any Nigerian can live in any part of the country irrespective of his or her religious and tribal placements.”
While noting that Mr Igboho has continuously threatened the lives and property of northerners residing in the southwest for no reason, the statement added that Arewa Youth Assembly would not fold its arm and watch innocent Nigerians being threatened by individuals who clearly have no regard and respect for the law.
“we have kept quiet for the sake of peace and for the respect of the laws of our country, but as Mr Igboho rightly said, enough is enough.
“Since it is Igboho who wants his people out of the North to form the Yoruba nation, we will make it easy for him by asking Mr Igboho to provide a means of transportation to convey his people to the southwest.”
The group called on the northern elders, traditional rulers and all security agencies to support them in accomplishing the task of evacuating the Yorubas out of the 19 northern states and the FCT Abuja by making it a very peaceful exercise devoid of loss of lives and destruction of properties or hijack by hoodlums to prevent the re-occurrence of the End-SARS protest.
