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Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Mike Omeri during the regular briefing by the National Information Centre (NIC), advised Nigerians to disregard alleged threats by some Kano lawyers who warned non-northerners to move out of the area within two weeks or face consequences.
“The citizens of Nigeria have right to live anywhere within the territory,” Mr. Omeri said. “Therefore, no group of persons or individuals has any rights within the constitution of this country to order the movement of any citizen out of any territory or state.
“If any lawyer or any groups of persons or government embarks on this, it would end up an exercise in futility, one that should be totally ignored by all Nigerians.
“We also heard about a similar thing in Imo State sometimes ago. This is the time to state it loud and clear that citizens should not tolerate it.”
According to Premium Times, the Spokesman for the Nigeria Police, Frank Mba, reiterated that position.
“Nigerians wherever they live in this country have a right to freedom of movement, freedom of association, have a right to own property and to pursue their daily lives as long as they do so within the confines and norms of the law and therefore, it is clearly outside the powers of any other citizens to say any other thing contrary to what the constitution has provided,” Mr. Mba said.
“Those of us within the security sector are monitoring these developments; we are watching it very closely," he said.
