A youth group, the Ndigbo Youth Parliament, said it was set to hold a security summit to engage with security agencies to come up with solutions to recent relentless attacks in the South East region. .
In a statement released on Saturday in Abuja by Rikki Nwajiofor, speaker of parliament, said that the ndigbo (Igbo speaking people) hate bloodshed and are as such against such gratuitous killings and attacks.
According to him, it was time for all well-meaning Igbo youth to join the group to ensure that the summit is successful and that a lasting solution is offered to bring much needed development.
He added that the summit was labeled “Ndigbo Youth Safety Summit” would set the pace for action to curb the new trend, stressing that it would be unfair for anyone to be silent at this time.
“The Ndigbo Youth Parliament (NYP), after studying and x-raying the ongoing attacks and reprisals, found the need for an urgent roundtable between Ndigbo’s youth and security agencies.
“It’s time to come to a roundtable for real discussions on how to come up with lasting solutions to this threat”.
“No party enjoys this oddity, neither the security agencies nor Ndigbo, except the enemies of the nation and if we don’t nip this monster in the bud, posterity will not forgive us”.
“It is on this note, therefore, that we decided to convene a 2-day summit entitled ‘Ndigbo Youth Security Summit’. No body or force can equal the united strength of the entire youth of Ndigbo, the household and the diaspora, ”he said.
Giving more information on the demerit of the attacks, Nwajiofor said that at this point, when wealthy Igbo were forced to bring investments home, such growing insecurity would hamper movement.
He added that the summit would give Youth a great opportunity to interact with all security agencies, during which all grievances from both sides will be addressed.
(NAN)