BEVERLY HILLS, June 12, (THEWILL) – Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, have met in Kaduna state to broker peace over the quit notice issued the Igbos to leave the northern region.
The meeting, which held on Monday, was organized at the instance of Al-Mustapha in a bid to intervene into the threat to the unity and oneness of the country which has been fuelled by the recent quit notice on Igbos resident in the north by a coalition of Northern Youths.
Al-Mustapha stated that the youths need to wear their thinking caps and use their brains and refused being used to ferment any form of crisis that could affect the unity of the country saying that some of the agitators may have been sponsored by countries that envy Nigeria.
He explained that in achieving their aims, they could even go as far as sponsoring stooges to leadership positions in the country, or backing rebels to stop countries with huge potentials from reaching their peak.
Al-Mustapha while cautioning the youth from the North from making further statements that would cause more tension in the country observed that the action of the northern youths may be borne out of frustration as a result of unpleasant comments coming from Nnamdi Kanu.
“We are appealing that our younger ones whom have been declared wanted should be set free, and the order of arrest should be rescinded because it is not the solution,” he said.
Speaking also at the meeting, Uwazurike averred that the crisis in Nigeria is being manipulated and caused by politicians, stressing that the youths must not allow that but must ensure that the country continue to exist as one nation.
He explained that when he founded MASSOB in 1999, it was purely meant to be a peaceful platform through which issues of perceived marginalisation of the Igbo’s in Nigeria could be discussed and tackled.
Speaking further, the MASSOB leader assured the Northerners in all the Eastern part of the country of their safety, while thanking Major Hamza Almustapha (rtd) for assuring same for the Igbo’s in the North.
“I want to assure northerners that your people in the South east are safe and nobody will harass them and am happy that my friend Al-Mustapha has also given same assurance of the safety of our people in the north,” he said.
“Self-determination without violence is a fundamental right, we must strive against sowing the seed of discord but do all that will promoted peace and justice.”
