The group made its position known as it flagged off a public sensitisation meeting and hearing in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
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The Minister of Interior, retired Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the statement on behalf of the Federal Government on Monday in Abuja
Dambazau said that the warning became necessary following series of threats and counter-threats directed at ethnic groups and the need to maintain law and order.
He said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja while reacting to an audio clip that had gone viral, especially in the Northern part of the country.
An undiscerning mind can easily draw the conclusion that these threats posed real and potential danger, especially when viewed against the backdrop that those who expected to speak against such threats in order to douse the tension it generated are either keeping quiet or reacting a bit too late.
In a message titled: “I am a Nigerian,” Babangida said the ongoing hate speeches in the country was what led to the country’s Civil War between 1967 and 1970