Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Jubrin Walid, has warned that the call by Northern Youth for the Igbo living in the North to leave and the call by militants for Northerners and Yoruba to quit the South-south “is a joke that must be stopped.” He also warned that the call by Benue youth for the Fulani to quit their land should also be stopped. Walid, in a statement yesterday, said a true northerner would not support the quit notice that Igbo should leave the North.
He explained that Fulani elders and concerned group had met and a delegation under his chairmanship “is visiting all parts of the country to reconcile the Fulani herdsmen, farmers and various communities.” Warning against hate speeches, he said: “I want to advise all against hate speeches, instead, we should find ways and means for unity and peace and allow us have permanent places where ever we are in Nigeria.
“To continue to call for Igbo in the North to quit is enough joke which must stop immediately. Another call from militants in the South-south that northerners and Yoruba should leave must stop. “The recent call by Benue youth that the Fulani herdsmen living in Benue must leave should stop because recently the Fulani elders and concerned group have met and a delegation under my chairmanship is to visit all parts of the country to reconcile between Fulani herdsmen, farmers and various communities. We have started with Taraba. “A true Northerner does not at all support Igbo to leave the North. We must be allowed to live freely in any part of Nigeria. Many concern Northerners have a movement called ‘The protection of Igbo in North,’ under my chairmanship from North to Western Region and vice versa. I happened to attend Okitipupa national college in Ode-Aye, Ondo state where we made lasting friends among the Yoruba, we must emulate Sardauna, Akintola, Awolowo, Azikiwe, Tabawa Balewa.”
