Former
Kaduna governor Balarabe Musa has said that “saboteurs” were behind groups
issuing quit notices to Nigerians living in some parts of the country.
Musa, who
condemned such notices in a telephone interview with the News Agency of
Nigeria(NAN) on Saturday, said that the development was a threat to Nigeria’s
unity.
The People
Redemption Party (PRP) leader was reacting to the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra
(IPOB)’s reported rejection of the withdrawal of quit notice given to Igbos to
leave the north, and a fresh quit notice given to Yoruba and Hausa persons
resident in the Niger Delta to quit the region before Oct. 1.
“The
quit notices are designed to escalate tension in the country and promote
disaffection among citizens. “Clearly, the issuers of such notices are
irresponsible groups being backed by some people in their respective regions to
issue the notices.
“Such backers are
saboteurs ready to undermine the unity of the country for their own parochial
ethnic and political interests. “It is sad that issuance of quit notices to
Nigerians resident in other states is now the order of the day.
“The development
threatens the unity of the country and the peaceful co-existence of all
citizens. “The groups issuing the threats are not doing that alone. They are
actually acting scripts by some people in their regions who are supposed to be
leaders.
“These backers are
saboteurs who are bent on undermining the unity of the country for their
personal and parochial interests,” he said. The former governor urged the
government to take the right steps to arrest the development in the interest of
peace and progress.
On the rejection
of quit notice withdrawal by IPOB, Musa said that such rejection was not
relevant because IPOB could not force Igbos, who had chosen to live in the
North, to leave by October 1.
The former
governor noted, however, that the northern youth group that issued the quit
notice did not have the power to implement their threat. “All these groups
issuing quit notices and threats do not have the powers to do anything.
“They only create
tension in the polity and threaten the peace of the country . “They can’t tell
people where to live. They are nonentities who are just claiming an influence
they do not have,” he said.
He said that the
responsibility to keep the country together was that of every citizen, and
urged leaders and politicians to promote peaceful co-existence in their
respective regions
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