One of Nigeria’s most influential Muslim leaders has said that he is ready to sacrifice his “last drop of blood” to defend Igbos in the north of the country, the Premium Times newspaper reports.
Emir of Katsina Abdulmumini Kabir’s comments come after some activists in the north released a message earlier this week calling on Igbos, traditionally from the south-east of the country, to leave the region.
The emir called those behind the message “enemies of peace”.
‘’You are my sons and daughters like any other person, Katsina is your home, so, feel free to go anywhere,’’ Mr Kabir told a group of Igbo leaders at his palace.
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On Wednesday, the governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, ordered the arrest of the activists.
Source – BBC
