The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has raised the alarm over what it described as the unprovoked eviction of northerners by officials of the Imo State Government.
The spokesperson of the group, Suleiman Abdul-Azeez, in a statement issued yesterday, said that it has taken stock of events unfolding in Imo State in the past two days, with alleged clear orders to destroy, demolish, burn every structure and assets belonging to the peaceful northern settlers.
The group noted that the latest organised arson in Imo State left in its wake thousands of shops and houses completely burnt, properties worth billions of Naira destroyed and looted, while thousands of northerners living and conducting legitimate businesses were forcefully ejected, displaced and deprived.
To this end, the northern group condemned the targeting of northern communities in Imo for vilification, systematic dehumanisation, profiling, alienation or any action that would render them objects of attack and persecution.
It said the action was not only immoral and illegal, but also abhorrent to our sensibilities and ordinary decency and therefore unacceptable.
