On Wednesday, 4th November 2020, the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) reacted to the recent meeting of Northern governors with their emirs and Arewa leaders, declaring that the core North cannot dictate to them.
The Southern and Middle Belt leaders also insisted that Nigeria must be restructured before the presidential election which is coming up by 2023.
The statement was contained in communiqué issued after an emergency meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.
You could recall that we had earlier reported that the Northern governors and emirs had met in Kaduna few days ago where they declared their commitment to Nigeria’s indivisibility and said the recent #EndSARS protest was an attempt to subvert Buhari-led administration.
They however, supported the move by the federal government to regulate the social media in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the Southern and Middle Belt leaders held a meeting and concluded that they won’t go with the various positions of the Governors and leaders from the North, says they cannot dictate to them.
“We do not see the thoughtfulness in the celebration of Northern youth not participating in #EndSARS protests as if they did not also loot like their deprived young people in other areas of the country which shows they are suffering the same thing. But instead of treating leprosy our counterparts are dealing with eczema,” they said.
