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A group known as Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC has called on governors of the five South-Eastern states in Nigeria to repatriate all almajiri children in their territory.
Okechukwu Isigusoro, the President-General of the organisation, and Nnabuike Okwu, the Secretary-General also said, in a statement, that the interception of children from Kano by the Enugu COVID-19 Task Force should be investigated as well.
The statement reads: “We, the Ohanaeze Youth Council, describes the interception of Kano almajiris at Enugu border by Enugu State COVID-19 Task Force as collaborative rogue operations and nefarious activities of Northern elders to export Coronavirus almajiris index cases to the South-East.
“The Ohanaeze Youth Council appeal to the South-East governors to review the circumstances surrounding the decisions of Northern governors on the ban of almajiris from anywhere they are found back to their states of origin and take a decision to ensure that all almajiris on the streets of South-East are sent back in line with the established precedent of Northern governors.”
