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Court Okays Arewa Youths’ arrest over Igbo quit notice-Kaduna Government

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The Igbos in the North may have little peace of mind as the Kaduna State Government on Thursday said it had obtained a bench warrant from the court to arrest members of the Coalition of Northern Youths who gave October 1, 2017 as deadline for Ndigbo in the North to quit or be forced out of the region. This was published by the PUNCH. To juggle your mind on the quit notice saga, A coalition of northern groups, including the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum led Shettima Yerima, had in July  gave all the Igbo resident in the 19 states of the North a three-month ultimatum to quit  or be forced out after the expiration of the October 1, 2017 deadline. They also asked all northerners resident in the South-East to get prepared and return to the North. The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai had earlier ordered the arrest of the principal actors who signed the ‘Kaduna declaration.’ The declaration was signed by Nastura Ashir Sharif (Arewa Citizens Action for Change); Ambassador She