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General News of Thursday, 5 August 2021

Source: punchng.com

Attack on Afenifere: 'Don’t provoke another civil war' - SNF warns CNG

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The Southern Nigeria Frontier on Wednesday said it would confront the Coalition of Northern Groups if the government fails to take urgent action towards calling the group and its members to order.

The SNF, while reacting to a recent statement credited to the CNG, where it called for the proscription of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere, and its declaration as a terrorist organization by the Federal Government, described the CNG as a threat to national security.

The spokesperson of SNF, Olufemi Lawson in a statement titled: ‘Afenifere: Southern Nigeria Frontier says CNG is a national security threat,’ said the statement by the CNG was "not only a direct assault on the Yoruba people and the pedigree of Yoruba leaders, who make up Afenifere, but also a provocative attempt by the militia Northern- based group to instigate a civil war.”

Lawson warned that the CNG should not threaten the Yoruba or any region of the Southern Nigeria nation with war or any form of intimidation.