The Director of Publicity and Advocacy of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said no northerner is a stranger anywhere in Nigeria outside the North, adding: “We have the right to live anywhere we choose.”
Baba-Ahmed made the declaration in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during the forum’s ongoing tour of northern communities across other zones of the country to see how they are faring post #EndSARS protest.
Baba-Ahmed told a mammoth crowd of northern traders in Rivers and other South-South states: “You are no strangers in the South-South. You have the right to live wherever you want to live. Don’t let anybody call you strangers.
“We expect northern communities in South-South to be protected same way we protect southern communities in the North. We value their presence, welcome and protect them.
“This is the only way this country will live in peace. We need our communities here to be protected and to be made to feel at home. We appeal to federal and state governments to continue to protect you.
“And in return, please live in peace. Unite. An attack against one of you is an attack against all of you.’’
