The cultural blog charged Northern organizations for using the Southeast’s unrest as leverage to threaten regional presidential contenders.
The organisation accused Northern politicians of blackmailing their Southern counterparts over the killings of Northerners in the Southeast in a statement signed and released by its Secretary-general, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who spoke against the backdrop of Northerners killed in the Southeast.
“We are shocked by the extortion from ACF and NEF against the Southeast Politicians over the murders of Northerners in the Southeast,” Isiguzoro’s statement begins.
“We are fully aware of the fact that there are attempts by Northern Groups and APC to use the insecurity challenges in the Southeast to blackmail the southeast Presidential candidate in 2023.
“We want to ask President Buhari, ACF, and NEF, what efforts they deployed to thwart and halt the spread of Northern banditry and vicious activities of killer herdsmen from the North to the south.
“Why did Federal Government and Northern Cultural Organizations ignore the US and UK alarms about the imminent spread of Northern Insurgency to the south by the middle of the Year 2021, especially towards the East? We have taken the lead in condemning the killing of Northerners in the East and charged President Buhari, ACF, NEF and Northern Groups to follow suit.”
