The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has called for a total boycott of all businesses operated by Igbo all over the North.
The CNG is reacting to the decision of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to ban the consumption of ‘Fulani cows’ (beef) in the South East.
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CNG through its spokesman, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, in a statement issued Thursday in Kaduna noted that “IPOB’s order issued in a statement on Monday by one Emma Powerful, amounts to a grave provocation and serious threat to northern commercial interests in the South East and by extension to the physical wellbeing of Northerners living as minorities among Igbo communities.”
According to the statement, “In a renewed resolve to pay coin for coin for any direct or indirect attack or threat to Northerners and their interests anywhere in the country, the CNG called for the total boycott of all businesses, goods and services operated by Igbo in the North effective from the same April 2022.
“The CNG also called on northerners everywhere to decline support for any political party or formation or movement that has the active participation of South East politicians.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the North while maintaining its tradition of tolerance and accommodation, shall however no longer be disposed to condoning further acts of irresponsibility in the form of deliberate threats of intimidation or harassment targeted at Northerners living and doing legitimate businesses elsewhere in the country.”
He then urged northern transporters and suppliers of goods to consider alternative trade routes to avoid the imminent risks that came with the IPOB threat.
He warned those attacking Northerners under the slightest of pretexts to desist.
