Shettima Warns Against Spread Of Onitsha Violence
Gov. Shettima
Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima has said that the 19-member governors forum have taken “firm measures” to prevent any further spread of violence in Onitsha that claimed five lives and property last Wednesday.
Shettima disclosed this on Thursday at the Government House, Maiduguri, while responding to the Onitsha violence of pro-Biafra protesters.
He said the evils being perpetrated by Boko Haram insurgency against innocent people among the various religious and ethnic groups, were more than enough “troubles and other related crises” in the country.
On torching of a mosque and trucks, Shettima said: “We condemn the Wednesday crisis in very strong terms.
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4 Comments
Dear Shetima, I think you and your Northern Forum are too eager here, please do keep quiet for the time being, do not pour kerosene on to this smouldering anger (fire), because of one mosque, get your house in order in the North first, with
the lslmalist monsters your kind had created with myopia, and allow lucid minds and clean to hands to diffuse these lgbo agitations peacefully.
There was no mosque burnt but apparently that is what Northerners are waiting to hear. You hate Igbos and infact Southerners but wont let them go and you side with the British to slaughter fellow blacks and then you turn around to say we are brothers -commot there Nigerians are not brothers, they are people brought together by the British terrorists.
The approach or let me say your responses aren’t different from both the massob and Boko haram acts, this isn’t a time to lay blame but to find every means possible to salvage the situation. The country is edging out BH(and hopefully will come out victorious) who started like a joke just like Massob have started; the last and least of all we need now is another radical movement to spring up. Ohaneze Ndigo the apex Igbo organisation has made it clear and you all should listen rather than instigate what you can’t stomach.
You struck a good tone. Yes the Onitsha incident is very disappointing. Igbo’s are not known as agitators. They make their points intellectually.
Shame on IPOB & MASSOB. I am disappointed.
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