{"id":44733,"date":"2021-06-08T17:38:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T17:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=44733"},"modified":"2021-06-08T16:02:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:02:47","slug":"insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: Northern elders advise kinsmen to leave South-East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has urged Northerners that are prone to attacks in the South-East to return to their States in the North.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Director, Publicity and Advocacy, gave the advice in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cunknown gunmen\u201d, linked to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), are on rampage across the region as border communities continue to witness bloody conflicts, farmers-herders clashes persist, with incidences of religious and ethnic profiling.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari must stop killing of Northerners, herdsmen in Southern Nigeria \u2013 NEF<\/p>\n<p>The forum demanded that attacks and killings of Northerners and Federal Government employees and destruction of National assets must stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who have been involved in it must be arrested and prosecuted\u201d, the elders demanded.<\/p>\n<p>The NEF said until the Igbo decide whether it wants to secede or remain part of Nigeria, the law applies to them.<\/p>\n<p>They want Federal and State authorities who have responsibility to enforce the law and protect citizens to take actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe support calls for Northerners who are exposed to harassment and violence to consider relocating to the North\u201d, NEF asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Northern elders declare position on open grazing ban, call for national dialogue<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed said unlike \u201cthe postures and complacency\u201d of South East leaders, all Igbo and other ethnic groups residing in the North should be accorded the usual hospitality and security.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern elders, however, knocked National Assembly members for being out of touch \u201cwith the people they are supposed to represent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The NEF told the federal legislature to explore additional avenues that can help redress serious limitations to the federal system before the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>They added that it is willing to discuss all matters relating to constitutional amendments and restructuring with the leadership of the country and other groups, \u201cwho see their presence in the future of Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Oduduwa\/Biafra agitations: Northern Elders blame Buhari govt, warn against Fulani eviction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has urged Northerners that are prone to attacks in the South-East to return to their States in the North. Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Director, Publicity and Advocacy, gave the advice in a statement on Monday. The \u201cunknown gunmen\u201d, linked to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), are on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,4475,363,254,1587,1029],"class_list":["post-44733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-hakeem-baba-ahmed","tag-insecurity","tag-nigeria","tag-northern-elders","tag-south-east"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Insecurity: Northern elders advise kinsmen to leave South-East - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has urged Northerners that are prone to attacks in the South-East to return to their Sta ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insecurity: Northern elders advise kinsmen to leave South-East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has urged Northerners that are prone to attacks in the South-East to return to their Sta ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-08T17:38:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60bf947bf1dc8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"857\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Insecurity: Northern elders advise kinsmen to leave South-East\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-08T17:38:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east\"},\"wordCount\":323,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60bf947bf1dc8.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Hakeem Baba Ahmed\",\"insecurity\",\"Nigeria\",\"Northern elders\",\"South East\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-northern-elders-advise-kinsmen-to-leave-south-east\",\"name\":\"Insecurity: Northern elders advise kinsmen to leave South-East - 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