NIGER DELTA, IGBO'S AND YORUBA YOU VOW TO DEFEND SOUTH

Tony Okafor

A group, under the aegis of  the Coalition of Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders of Southern Nigeria,  has  vowed to defend the South.

The group comprising Igbo, Yoruba, Ibibio, Aro, Ijaw, Urhobo, Esan, Isoko, Ogoni, Etche and Igala ethnic nationalities decried the security situation in the country.

Rising from a meeting in Awka, Anambra State on Saturday, they  called on the Federal Government to convoke a national  security summit to address the  issues threatening the country’s unity and existence.

The  youth  said they  would be left with no option but   to protect and defend their people and territory if the security challenges facing the country were not resolved.

They claimed their   investigations had revealed  that a certain ethnic group  was out to dominate  the country, a situation they  said was unacceptable to  them.

The coalition condemned the killing of  people in the  South by Fulani  herdsmen.