By Nkem Ekeopara

In the declaration laced with hateful language, they Northerners demanded that all Igbo resident in the North should leave on or before October 1, 2017. They indicated that their “first major move shall be to reclaim, assume and assert sole ownership and control of all landed resources currently owned, rented or in any way enjoyed by the ingrate Igbos in any part of Northern Nigeria.” And after October 1, 2017, they said, “effective, peaceful and safe mop-up of all the remnants of the stubborn Igbos that neglect to heed this quit notice shall commence to finally eject them from every part of the North.”
And while the issue of quit notice remain unresolved; anti-Igbo songs in Hausa calling for genocide against the Igbo are being widely circulated in the North and on social media. More than one week since this was noticed, no one has been arrested, and no broadcast media in the North has been sanctioned for airing the songs. Gauging the way Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed commented on the issue this past week, some broadcast media outfits up there are airing the songs.
As already mentioned, many of the victims of the September/October massacre survived the May massacre, and returned home. As also mentioned, they returned to the North on the pleadings of the Emirs, who assured them of their safety, and on the advice of their governor, Col. Ojukwu. And they were killed. This is why the Igbo resident in the core North should not stay back just because an Emir has assured them of protection. In 1966, those who ran to the palaces of the Emirs were not spared. None should stay because an Igbo political mercantilist like Orji Uzor Kalu has assured them that nothing will happen to them come October 1. And none should stay because the government and the security forces will protect them. In 1966, the security forces joined in the killing of the Igbo and other Easterners and the government of the then Northern Nigeria was complicit.
Since 1914, the Igbo and their Eastern neighbours have paid too much price for this amorphous amalgam called Nigeria. First, in November 1929, our great grandmothers were brutalized and some killed during the Aba Women’s War when the courageous women fought against the imposition of Warrant Chiefs. On November 18, 1949, twenty-one miners mainly of Igbo origin were killed in cold blood and 51 wounded at Iva Valley shooting in Enugu by the colonial administration police for demanding for better condition of service. In 1945, the Igbo were killed in Jos by the Hausa-Fulani. In 1953, they were killed in Kano after the Northern delegates returned from Lagos where they were booed when they walked out, following Anthony Enahoro’s motion that Nigeria should become independent by 1956. And the 1966 pogrom already mentioned and the genocide during the 1967-70 Nigeria-Biafra War are other prices the Igbo have paid to sustain this British vampire called Nigeria. There is a litany of the killing of the Igbo in the North since the war ‘ended’ and no one has been brought to book.
Those behind the quit notice and the Anti-Igbo song for genocide are certainly working in tandem. They’re serious! And the Federal Government of Nigeria so far is not doing anything serious to checkmate these people. In Katsina where the Emir, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman said he will protect the Igbo, a youth group, Katsina State Progressive Youth Alliance in statement yesterday literally said the Emir is speaking for himself. The Secretary of the group, Abdullahi Muhammed declared that they support the position of Coalition of Northern Group that issued the quit notice. Shamefully, South East governors as usual are maintaining a criminal silence so as not to upset their masters in the North. If they’re wise, they should be mobilising their people now for any eventuality.
Nigeria’s survival is not worth another drop of blood. Therefore, the Igbo still in the core North should know that it’s only a tree that would be told that it’s going to be cut down and it’ll still stand in place, waiting for the axe man. It is time for Nd'Igbo in the core North to bid their genocidal hosts farewell and return home. Ndụ bụ isi.
References:
Arewa a.k.a. Hausa-Fulani "Youths" Issue Quit Order to Nd'Igbo
Hausa-Fulani Release Song Calling for Anti-Igbo Genocide and War.
Hausa Audio Urges Extermination of Igbo People in the North.
Translation of anti-Igbo Hate Song in Hausa Language Being Circulated in Northern Nigeria
References:
Arewa a.k.a. Hausa-Fulani "Youths" Issue Quit Order to Nd'Igbo
Hausa-Fulani Release Song Calling for Anti-Igbo Genocide and War.
Hausa Audio Urges Extermination of Igbo People in the North.
Translation of anti-Igbo Hate Song in Hausa Language Being Circulated in Northern Nigeria
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