Ndigbo ‘ll not relocate from North – Elechi. by peter okutu

ABAKALIKI- CONTRARY to ultimatum issued by Boko Haram that Southerners and Ndigbo should relocate from the Northern part of the country within three days, Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State yesterday called on Ndigbo not to run away or relocate. He described the call by the sect as a wicked intention and should be ignored, saying “nobody should run away or relocate from wherever he or she is living in Nigeria. Whether you are a Christian, Muslim or pagan, anywhere in Nigeria is your rightful home.” The governor made the call in a state-wide radio broadcast, said. “Right from the conclusion of the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party in December 2010 and the emergence of Dr. Good Luck Jonathan as the presidential candidate, Nigeria witnessed a turning moment in its political history and was ready for radical transformation in ideas, belief, systems and practice of public administration. “These innovative changes did not go down well with those who were used to doing things differently,” the governor said. Elechi alleged that the agents of revisionism and enemies of democracy were trying to pull the Nigerian nation down. According to him, “they have found collaborators at the state levels and believe that their interests are more important than those of the larger Nigerian society; they have used religion to perpetrate crimes against the tenets of major religions”. The governor noted that those behind the massacre of Christians in various parts of the north had built ethnic sentiments to create the impression that Nigerians were at war with themselves and that different ethnic groups could no longer co-habit. Governor Elechi said Nigeria remained a secular state, stressing that nobody should be intimidated or molested in any party of the country.