Alleged attack: Return to the North, CNG advises members in South-East

<p>Following the alleged destruction of Northern settlements in Imo State, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has asked northerners in the South East to leave the region for the sake of their lives and properties.</p>, <p>CNG Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman gave this advise in a press statement released on Sunday, 30th July , 2023, in response to recent attacks on northern dwellers in Imo State.</p>, <p>The Press statement reads:</p>, <p>30 July, 2023 Press Statement</p>, <p>RESPONSE TO THE UNPROVOKED EVICTIONS AND ORGANISED VIOLATIONS ORGANIZED BY UZODIMMA AGAINST NORTHERNERS IN IMO</p>, <p>The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has taken stock of events unfolding in Imo State in the past two days, noting especially, with utter perplexity and concern, the official rampage on Northern settlements ordered by the State Governor, Hope Uzodimma.</p>, <p>We note how armed detachments of the Nigerian Army, the police and assortments of armed thugs were unleashed by the Governor with clear orders to destroy, demolish, burn every structure and assets belonging to the peaceful northern settlers of three communities from Thursday 27th to Friday 28th July, 2023.</p>, <p>CNG notes also that the embers of this hate campaigns and propaganda being pursued by Uzodimma and other regional and ethnic agitators were ignited and incessantly fanned by Nnamdi Kanu using the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other authors of mindless violence and separatism who see it as their duty to actualise what their fathers started in 1966, namely to exterminate northern leaders and cripple the North completely through the force of arms and terrorist tactics.</p>, <p>We are also aware that Nnamdi Kanu, Hope Uzodimma and other perpetrators of violence relentlessly pursuing this agenda of destruction and collective mayhem are fervently hoping it will engulf the entire country and bring about another civil war and mass killings and suffering of innocent people.</p>, <p>The latest organised arson in Imo State left in its wake thousands of