The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has stated that the North will no longer tolerate violence against its people in the southern region of the country.
The disclosure was made by the chairman of the Forum during a Town Hall meeting with members of the northern community in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The NEF chairman, Ango Abdullahi, said the elders visited the State to commiserate with northerners who were attacked during the #EndSARS protests, saying northerners in the State suffered enormous loss of lives and assets during the protest.
He counseled that people should be able to live anywhere in the country irrespective of their ethnicity and religion.
We came because we saw no reason innocent residents wherever they are irrespective of where they come from who are not participating in the protest will be subjected to violence; they suffered enormous violence and loss of lives and assets of various magnitude”, he stated.
What was surprising to us was that those that perpetrated the violence against northerners are the same people who are crying more and calling for compensation rather than those who suffered the consequences.
We took particular delight when we talked with the governor of the State. We were told by residents of Rivers state that the governor was particularly interested in protecting them and their rights as he swore in his Oath of Office”.
