– The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says the eviction notice issued by northern groups to people of Igbo extraction is capable of destabilising the country
– The minister assures Nigerians that security agencies are on top of the matter
– The Kaduna state government has ordered the immediate arrest of persons who signed a statement ordering Igbos out of northern Nigeria
Nigerian security agencies have been put on alert by the federal government over the eviction notice issued by a coalition of Northern groups to Igbos living in the northern region of Nigeria.
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The minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Wednesday, June 7, when answering questions from journalist shortly after the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Mohammed said that such statement by the northern groups was capable of destabilising the country, The Punch reports.
Lai Mohammed said security agencies are on top of the matter.
The minister however, assured Nigerians that security agencies are on top of the matter.
He said: “The issue of one or two groups issuing statements that are capable of destabilising the polity and then being responded to by another group, I think did not just start today or did not start yesterday.
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“What I want to assure you is that security organisations are very very much on top of this matter.”
Meanwhile, the Kaduna state government has ordered the immediate arrest of persons who signed a statement ordering Igbos out of northern Nigeria.
The state government in a statement issued by Samuel Aruwan, the spokesman to the governor of Kaduna state on Wednesday, June 7, condemned what it described as inciting, hate speech targeted at citizens of Igbo extraction.
It said: “The Kaduna State Government takes exception to the fact that the “northern youths” did their irresponsible press conference in Kaduna. This government has been consistent in taking action to punish hate speech and incitement. People who may feel unhappy about irresponsible comments or actions that have taken place in other states must know that two wrongs cannot make a right, and they cannot use our state to do or say things that threaten the peace.”
The government therefore ordered the arrest, investigation and prosecution of the signatories to the statement issuing the quit notice to the Igbos in the north.
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