About
two weeks after a coalition of Northern groups gave a three-month ultimatum to
Igbos to leave Northern Nigeria, the State Security Service has reacted to the
call.
The SSS, which has the “statutory mandate of
ensuring the internal security of the country,” has been criticised by many
Nigerians for not acting promptly to arrest those behind the call.
The call by the Northern coalition has been condemned by the Nigerian government,
the UN, the Kaduna
State government and several others with the government promising to ensure the
security of lives and property of all Nigerians.
On Sunday, in a statement distributed by PR
Nigeria on behalf of the SSS, the agency said it “has watched with keen
interest the disturbing trend desperate and mischievous elements have tended to
steer the ship of our nationhood to calamity and irretrievable destruction.”
The SSS said it is aware of the threat against
Igbos as well as similar ones by other ethnic chauvinists.
The agency said “it will stop at nothing to
deploy all resources at its disposal to identify and deal with all those
culpable, as well as maintain peace and order in every length and breadth of
the Nation.”
- Premium Times
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