The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), on Friday, said it stands by its old call on the Igbos of the South-East region to be allowed to leave Nigeria if that is what they want.
The Convener of the NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, said these while reacting to a comment credited to the spokesperson of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, in which he referred to the spokesperson of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, as a security threat.
The NEF also told the Ohanaeze Ndigbo to channel its energy towards contributing to the security of their region from the rising threats of insecurity.
Recall that Baba-Ahmed had, in an old press conference video clip re-circulated on the social media by a presidential aide during the week, said: We said if secession is what every Igbo wants, and this is what the Igbos want, the nation should not fight a war over it.
