NORTHERN elders in Nigeria have warned those fanning the embers of disunity in the country to immediately desist from it. Under the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, the leaders in the region said Nigeria could not break-up and that they were committed to the unity of the country, which started since 1914. While cautioning against the quit notice issued to Igbo people in the north, the elders also described those agitating for secession as agents of disunity.

They also condemned some elders in the region for making alleged unguarded comments that could further cause chaos in the country. “It is unfortunate that at this moment, such unguided remarks are coming out from supposedly elders of the region,” Paul Unongo, a leader of the forum, said when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Maitama Sule.

According to Unongo, those causing troubles in the country do not understand the reality of the country. He also said those issuing the quit notice and those speaking in favour of it do not represent the north and have not learnt any lesson from the Nigerian civil war.

He said: “No safe haven of those whose penchant for disunity is on a crude pedestal, regardless of the consequences of their campaign of attrition.

“An evidence of our commitment as one northern entity and to sustain the legacy left behind by Danmasanin is the decision of my colleagues in the forum to trust me with its leadership.”

—  Jul 31, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT