The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the ban on cows by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a declaration of war.
IPOB also announced the ban on singing the Nigeria national anthem in schools across the southeast.
The National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, stated this in an interview while commenting on the plan by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria to ban the movement of foodstuffs from the North to the South-East.
But the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, appealed to the northern traders to shelve the plan.
There were reports on Monday that the secessionist group, IPOB had banned the slaughtering of Fulani cows and the recitation of the Nigerian national anthem in Biafraland -South-East.
According to the reports, IPOB, in the New Year message by its Director of State, Chika Edoziem, said only the Biafran anthem should be taught in schools.
The group also said only “native cows” would be permitted for consumption in Biafraland.
On Wednesday, the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria expressed its readiness to stop the transportation of livestock and foodstuffs to the South-East.
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