Court strikes out suit to compel Igbo from Nigeria

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A federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted by a coalition of Northern groups seeking the exit of Igbo from the Southeast of Nigeria.

The suit by the group of elders and politicians from the North, led by Nastura Shariff, Balarabe Rufai, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam, was thrown out by the Judge, following the persistent absence of the plaintiffs in court to establish their case.

The Northern groups had filed the case, asking the court to compel the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives to hasten the exit of the Southeastern region out of Nigeria. They also explained that this would stop the repeat of the 1967-1970 Civil War that led to wanton destruction of life and property.

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