Fear grips Northern Governors over Pro Biafra Violence

19 State Governors from the Northern Nigeria yesterday took undisclosed security measures with a view to ensuring that Wednesday’s violence which included burning of places of worship in the commercial city of Onitsha, in Anambra State, does not spread to the northern part of the country.

Speaking on behalf of the 19 governors, Borno State Governor and Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, Kashim Shettima whose statement was issued by his spokesman, Isa Gusau, yesterday in Maiduguri, said the Governors, particularly those of major cities, were in touch with one another yesterday and had taken some firm measures which aim at averting any spill-over.

Shettima said the governors took the undisclosed measures, following media reports claiming that worship places were touched during Wednesday’s violence in Onitsha.

A three-week-long proBiafra protests turned bloody on Wednesday resulting in the killing of scores and many injured in Onitsha. The pro- testers were pressing for the release of detained Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.

“We condemn the Wednesday crisis in very strong terms. We have been in touch with one another and we have collectively taken firm measures to ensure that the violence doesn’t spread to any part of the 19northern States and we will also be working with our colleagues in the south to nip the crisis in the bud.”