Northern Youths To Withdraw Quit Notice

The Arewa Youths Coalition is set to withdraw the October 1 quit notice handed Igbo in the North to leave.

The youths were waving the olive branch after a meeting with Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima in Abuja yesterday.

Arewa Youth Coalition spokesman Abdulaziz Suleiman told reporters that consultations were ongoing among members with a view to withdrawing the quit notice.

Suleiman ascribed the decision to withdraw the quit notice to what he described as “positive developments” that came out of the meeting with Shettima and persuasions from the Northern Governors Forum.


On the actual date for the withdrawal of the notice, Suleiman said: “You will hear from us this week.”

He added: “What we can say is that there has been a major development. Now the chairman of the Governors’ Forum has taken the initiative and invited us to start negotiations. This is the first time we are meeting publicly with any leader and we believe that it is a major step forward in our ongoing consultations.

The Nation