The former vice president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Fidelis Edeh flayed the ultimatum, which he said was a violation of the nation’s constitution.
“How can the northern youths wake up and begin to threaten citizens whose rights are guaranteed in the constitution? This threat should not be dismissed. People may talk about the Biafra agitation, but it is not against the Nigerian state because it’s in line with the international charter, the African Charter and even to an extent the Nigerian constitution. This must be nipped in the bud before innocent people are killed mindlessly,” Edeh warned.
National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Okey Nwosu, described the ultimatum as a threat to the unity of the country.
Nwosu in a telephone interview said President Muhammadu Buhari through his actions and inactions orchestrated such ultimatum.
“When some elders led by President Buhari were doing certain things, some of us cautioned. Let the APC and Buhari deal with what they have caused, “ he stated
For Onitsha-based rights activist, Emeka Umeagbala, it is a pointer that Nigeria was still a mere geographical expression.
The legal practitioner, who noted that Ndigbo had suffered numerous pogroms in Nigeria, starting from 1945 called for the restructuring of the country in a peaceful manner, before it goes the way of Rwanda.
