Matawalle Warns against Attacks on Northerners

The Governor of Zamfara State, Mr. Bello Matawalle has warned against what he described as attacks on northerners and their economic interests.

He has also condemned what he called a sponsored attempt to rubbish President Muhammadu Buhari in London by protesters whom he said could not hide their disdain and hatred for the North.

In a statement issued yesterday, the governor said this is not a time to play politics or play to the gallery but a time to speak the truth for the benefit of peace and progress of the country.

According to him, the lives, dignity and possessions of northerners “are being threatened by the increasingly unfriendly South even as we try, as northern leaders to always calm the situation and to protect the interest, businesses and dignity of all southerners in the North.”

“Despite what northerners are experiencing today in all parts of the South-west and South-east in particular, all we hear is the conspiracy of silence from northern leaders and elites who sponsored to stand firm, in the manner in which other leaders of the South are doing even when they know that their people are at fault. This must not continue,” he explained.

Matawalle argued that in crisis situation, the South has more to lose in terms of its business interests in the North and the strategic nature they established themselves in the North than northerners living in the South.

He also argued that Nigeria is one country, adding that anyone who does not believe in the current constitution should challenge it legitimately or pack and leave the country.

“We will not tolerate any form of intimidation any longer,” he added