The demand is line with the recent ultimatum issued by a coalition of Arewa youths for Igbos residing in the North to relocate before 1st of October in reaction to the growing agitation in the South-East for the independence of Biafra.
The southern leaders warned that an attack on any southerner would be seen as an attack on all southerners.
They equally asked the Federal Government to initiate steps for the implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference.
The southern leaders also lamented the proliferation of Fulani herdsmen settlements in the south and asked the Federal Government to take actions to check their activities.
The position of the group was contained in a statement read to newsmen by former Director-General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, Chief ALBERT HORSFALL.
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong VICTOR ATTAH; as well as Chief AYO ADEBANJO, Senator FEMI OKURUNMU, Chief SUPO SHONIBARE of Afenifere all attended the meeting.
A former chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Senator BASSEY EWA-HENSHAW, former Managing Director of the NDDC, and former President of Aka-Ikenga think tank group, Chief GODDY UWAZURIKE were also present.
