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Arewa Youths vacate quit order to Igbos

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Shettima-Yerima: led Arewa youths to demand Igbo vacate the North

Arewa Youths, as  Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has rescinded the ultimatum they gave to lgbos in the Northern Nigeria to leave the region before October 1, 2017.

This was announced at a press conference held at Transcorp Hilton hotel, Abuja and addressed by more than a dozen of Northern Youth Groups including the Arewa Youths Council (AYC) that issued qiut notice to the lgbos in the Northern Nigeria on Thursday.

Those at the press conference include Governor of Borno state and Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum, Alhaji Kashim Shetima, ex- Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Kabiru Gaya, ex-Minister, Alhaji Sani Daura and Alhaji Shetima Yerima of Arewa Youths Council.

Others are Nollywood star Kenneth Okonkwo aka Andy and Eze Ndigbo in Kano State who led the Christian prayers before the occasion started.

The CNG had claimed that it issued the ultimatum, popularly known as Kaduna Declaration based on insults being heaped on other parts of the country by Nnamdi Kanu-led Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

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