The Governors of the South East states on Wednesday held an emergency meeting over the quit notice given by youths from the Northern part of the country for Ndigbo to leave the North or they will be thrown out.
At the meeting, the five Igbo governors agreed on immediate plans to bring Igbos back home from the North.
This was made known by the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo in Enugu Wednesday night.
He spoke during a night of tributes in honour of the late Ohanaeze chieftain and veteran Biafra soldier, Prof. Ben Obumselu.
Vanguard quoted him as saying that Governors had almost mobilized thousands of luxurious buses and trucks to evacuate Ndigbo, but for the timely intervention of Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State.
Nwodo, however, welcomed El-Rufai’s order for arrest of the Arewa youths who issued the threat.