Haraira’s Murder: Arewa Youths Accuse South-East Governors of Ethnic Cleansing

The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has accused Southeast governors of carrying out ethnic cleansing agenda against Northerners residing in their region.

AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima stated this in reaction to the murder of a pregnant woman, Haraira and her four children in Anambra State.

He alleged the failure of South-East governors to stop the crime against Northerners in their domain indicated they had an ethnic cleansing agenda.

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The deceased, who are of Northern extraction, were brutally murdered at Isulo, Orumba North Local Government Area of the State, on Sunday by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

In a statement he issued after an emergency meeting in Kaduna yesterday, the AYCF National President said: “The fact that the governors of the South-East are the chief security officers of their States but do nothing to stop the unprovoked killing of northerners presupposes an ethnic cleansing agenda and we condemn it, in whatever guise – IPOB attack or ESN.

“The killing of a mother and the baby she cuddled, as well as the Christian aircraft engineer of Northern extraction meant the lives of Northerners are no longer valued in the South-East.

“The silence of these governors, despite the brutal attacks on our sons and daughters in the South-East, must be stopped now and we want to sound our note of warning that no Nigerian has the monopoly of violence and that northerners’ respect for the rule of law should never be taken as weakness,”