Yobe state Governor describes threat against Igbos Unlawful

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has said that the threat issued out by some northern youths against Igbo resident residing in the North as  ‘unlawful and unfortunate’.

In a statement signed by the director of press to the Yobe State governor, Abdullahi Bego, the governor said that progress of a nation couldn't be achieved through violence and threats, even as he assured ethnic group living within the state that the authorities wouldn't permit anyone to intimidate or threaten them.


The statement reads in part: “Like alternative Nigerians, the ethnic group have a right that's totally secure by our constitution to measure in any a part of the country of their alternative. As a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural society, a part of our nation’s strength lies within the diversity of its folks. it's what has affected each no-hit nation forward.

“In Yobe State, the Igbo, just like the individuals of different ethnicities, have lived and engaged peacefully with their neighbours and therefore the government assures them that it'll not permit anyone to intimidate or threaten them and can use the total resources of enforcement to ascertain thereto.

“We believe a Federal Republic of Nigeria within which all its folks live peacefully with each other, a rustic wherever political  disagreements square measure settled not through threats and violent conduct however tho' dialogue. The political and community leaders in each a part of the country have a responsibility likewise, to guide the youths to accountable conduct and to talk against violence.”