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We Will No Longer Supply Food To Rivers, Northern Group Tells Wike
- Northern Group Declares That They Can No Longer Supply Food To Rivers State, Other Southern States, Says Their Lives, Property, Are In Great Danger
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has threatened to stop further supply of foodstuffs to Rivers State and other Southern parts of the country, due to the attacks on Muslim Northerners by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the region,
The Chairman of the ACF in Rivers State, Usman Ibrahim, who stated this in Port Harcourt, the State capital, added that the decision was due to attacks targeted at those supplying food into the South by IPOB members, wondering how they would continue doing business under such atmosphere.
Ibrahim, who is also the Patron of the Amalgamation Union of Agriculture and Animal Supplies of Nigeria, said that hoodlums in the guise of protesters, hijacked some trucks supplying agricultural products to many States, adding that, most of their trucks were hijacked and burnt along with their goods.
“As a result of this protest, which was hijacked by hoodlums, we were attacked by IPOB members, and some of our trucks were set ablaze, and our goods burnt.
“Some of our members were killed here in Rivers State, and other parts of the South-South. How can we supply food into these parts of the country? There is no way, because our lives and property are in danger”, he said.
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