The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, northern leaders, youths and Muslim clerics have condemned the recent killing of northern traders in Abia State and sued for peaceful coexistence in the spirit of

one Nigeria. The groups in a meeting worried the need to take immediate actions towards making sure the upkeep of peace and cordial relationship among each other, following current killings in Abia State.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo sympathized with the northern management over the death of northern traders in Abia and sympathised with all the bereaved families and owners of the cows slaughtered.

The Secretary-General of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Mazi Okecukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement sympathized with leaders of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) over the killing of northerners in Abia.

According to the statement, “We commiserate with the northern management over the death of northerners in Abia and we sympathise with all the bereaved families and owners of the cows butchered. Igbos are committed to supplying succour to the households and individuals impacted by what occurred.”

The statement stated initial investigations revealed that those who performed these abhorrent conspiracies against humanity in Abia, the killers of northerners in Abia are not Igbos, stating that they migrated from neighbouring states and ran away to their states after the attacks.

It commended the Northern Elders Forum, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum and the Coalition of Northern Groups for their quick intervention to avert a possible breakdown of law and order.

The declaration kept in mind that the Abia State federal government has actually shown maturity in handling the matter and advised that full settlement will be paid to the bereaved households and individuals whose organizations were destroyed in Abia.

It stated it would be the balm to relieve the pains and injury of those who lost their cherished ones.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo said they would continue to deal with the northern management to make sure that the interests of the north and eastern Nigeria are secured, assuring that nobody will stop the northerners from doing their livestock companies in the South as it is by the unwritten laws.

The declaration dismissed IPOB’s danger to prohibit livestock service in the east, pointing out that Igbos are doing business in the north unmolested and as such, nobody will bother those doing business in the east or any part of the country.