Senator Shehu Sani, a former Nigerian lawmaker has claimed that indigene of South Eastern Nigeria residing in the North are not willing to return to their states of origin.
Sani was reacting to calls by some Igbos urging thief tribesmen in the northern parts of the country to return home due to the worsening security crisis.
According to the former lawmaker, Ndigbo in the North are not contemplating leaving the North, urging those instigating the call to stop wasting their time.
In a post on his X handle, the former lawmaker wrote, “I had the privilege of attending one of the Igbo day celebrations in Kaduna as an invited guest.
“It was a colourful event studded with businessmen, entrepreneurs, academics and traders many of whom were born here or lived here for decades.
“None of them had ever contemplated leaving the north because of these Social Media fireworks. I will advise some of their tribesmen calling on them to ‘eturn home’ to stop wasting their time.
“You cannot be renting a room in Manchester or Minneapolis and telling a man with shopping malls and estates in Kaduna or Kano to ‘return home’. We are ok together here”.