Elders’ Group Disowns Ango Abdullahi On Killings

By Chuks Ekpeneru

The Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development has asked Nigerians to ignore the statement attributed to Prof. Ango Abdullahi, that many people from northern part of the country were killed in the South East  during the #EndSARS protests.

The elders in a statement signed by the  National Coordinator, Engr. Zana Goni and National Women Leader, Hajia Mario Bichi, said that the statement by Prof. Abdullahi was his personal opinion and not the general position of Northern elders as he portrayed.

They used the statement to call on Nigerians to continue to preach national unity and work together to defeat criminality in our country.

According to the statement, Prof Abdullahi’s claim is “false, unfortunate, insensitive, callous and meant to instigate Nigerians against one other”, especially igniting ethnic killings and asked Nigerians not to fall prey to his antics.

“We wish to condemn in the strongest possible terms the statement credited to a well-read and  respected elder statesman from our region, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, to the effect that  Igbo people killed many northerners in the South East  during the #EndSARS protest  which was hijacked by some sponsored criminal elements.

“This statement is false, unfortunate, insensitive, callous  and meant to instigate Nigerians against one other. Making this unfounded claim,especially at a time Nigerians had worked past the ugly civil war experiences and are building bridges and consolidating on national reconciliation, is the least unfortunate.

“We wish to let Nigerians know that Prof. Ango Abdullahi’s statement was his personal opinion and did not represent the position of Northern Elders as he had portrayed, “the statement read.

“We expect that an elder statesman of his status with such level of education ought to have known the difference between criminality and ethnic agenda.

“What happened in some South East states was a pure act of criminality and  not an Igbo agenda and was not  peculiar to the region.”

 “How  can he say  Igbo people killed Northerners? Nothing can be more misleading than  this.”

According to the statement, “People were killed and properties destroyed in several parts of the country including some parts of the North. It is unfair to attribute this act of some misguided deviants as a collective Igbo agenda.”

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