The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has urged Niger
Delta leaders to call militants in the region to order
over the quit notice issued to the Yoruba in the area.
The militants under the aegis of Niger Delta Agitators
(NDA) had asked the Yoruba and the Hausa resident in
the region to vacate on or before October 1.
In a statement issued on Friday by Gani Adams, OPC
national coordinator, the group said a similar threat
was recently issued to the Yoruba in the region, calling
on the Niger Delta leaders to caution the militants.
The pan-Yoruba group also warned that the quit
notice could affect the “robust relationship” enjoyed by
the south-west and south-south.
“We know that the position of the militants may not
reflect that of their leaders. There is a need for them to
speak out against the move of the group,” the
statement read.
OPC warned the militants to realise that “there are
more indigenes of their region in the south-west than
the south-westerners in their region”, and demanded
that “Yorubas must be safe in Niger Delta”.
Adams said: “We see the Southerners as friends but
we are not in any way comfortable with the threat to
quit.
“The clamp down may have an ill effect of further
threat against our people in the Niger Delta region.”
TheCable
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