Vacate middle belt region before October 1 - Group tells herdsmen

- A coalition of middle belt youths
distance themselves from the quit
notice issued by northern youths to
Igbos residing in the north
- The coalition calls on governors from
the region to sit up to their
responsibility of governing and desist
from harassing media practitioners
- The group tells the core north to stop
using the middle belt people to achieve
their political and economic aims
A coalition of middle belt youths under
the umbrella of Middle Belt Renaissance
Forum has ordered all herdsmen to
vacate their region before October 1, 2017
or face total war
The youths also distanced themselves
from the quit notice issued by northern
youths mandating Igbos to vacate the
northern region by October 1, Leadership
reports.
The coalition made their position known
following the outcome of a meeting in
Abuja which held over the weekend.
The meeting which was attended by
representatives of youth groups from all
the states making up the middle belt
region discussed extensively topical issues
confronting the area.
The forum in a communique issued by its
convener, Comrade Jones Simon Alfa,
called on governors from the region to sit
up to their responsibility of governing and
desist from harassing media practitioners.
The communique in part read: "The
Middle Belt Governors should sit up to
their responsibility of governing the
people who voted them to power instead
of the sudden primitive accumulation of
wealth at the detriment of the suffering
voters.
"The Middle Belt Youths will no longer
take the recklessness of the Governors in
arresting Media Practitioners, Bloggers
and Social Media Crusaders e.g Kaduna
Governor and that of Kogi who are clear
examples."
"The Middle Belt is not in any way part of
the Northern agitation for the Igbo's to
vacate by 1st October. We have been
living with the Igbo's peacefully in our
localities and will not join in the call for
secession.
"All herdsmen should vacate the Middle
Belt Region before 1st October, 2017 or
there will be total war if they are not
ready to live in peace."
The group called on the core north to
stop using the middle belt people in
achieving what it said was selfish political,
economic aims and objectives.
The youths stated that the middle belt
people are not northerners.
Atiku in a statement issued by his media
office, which he personally signed and
titled: Nigeria Does Not Need a Rwandan
Déjà vu, warned that the song currently
circulating the song in some parts of
Nigeria could result in a major crisis as it
happened in Rwanda, Premium Times
reports.
The former vice president called on
security agencies to arrest and prosecute
those behind the song which he said
incites hatred against people of Igbo
descent.
The politician warned those igniting
hatred against their fellow citizens to
remember that they would face the
consequences of their action