Election Results : AYCF Warn Nigerian Youths Against Politically Instigated Violence

BY: Usman Lidani

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) said her attention has.been drawn to a viral news in which elderstatesmen are working hand-in-hand with politicians who are afraid of defeat in the 2023 elections to overheat  the polity and eventually destabilize this nation. 

A statement by the National President of the Alhaji Yerima Shettima as they are appalled by the level of incendiary comments, designed to deliberately ignite violence in the name of promoting free and fair elections.

"We have had enough of mindless killings in defence of personal interest of grabbing power by any politician through the back door. We don't  support any resort to sponsored violence and arson in this country, just because some politicians  are trying to mislead our youth to assume their personal political interest amounts national interest.

"We wish to implore Nigerian youths never to allow themselves to be used as cannon-fodder for unpatriotic elements, who are masquerading as democrats.

"We are watching very closely, the activities of agent provocateurs, operating from the shadows, with the sole aim of creating regional and religious sentimentalism, meant to lead to massive killings of innocent souls in the name of politics. Let anyone not be deceived by their strategy against national unity and cohesion, the two important pillars of peace and brotherhood in today's Nigeria.

"We're were taken aback by the so-called letter of former President  Obasanjo,  making provocative statements, in his usual manner of pretending  to be addressing our current  challenges in the 2023 elections. It is worrisome that the former  President  is often the only one taking  dangerous, narrow-minded stance on any political situation in Nigeria. 

"We have had his contemporaries like General Ibrahim  Babangida, General Abdussalam Abubakar -- who is now one of the most outstanding, exemplary  promoters of national peace  and stability. We should not forget that apart from the historic move to keep Nigeria one, when the nation was on cliff-hanger, General Yakubu Gowon will forever  be remembered as the champion of national prayers for peace and stability.

"Another elderstatesman of respectable standing is former President Goodluck Jonathan, the youngest of them all, who has maintained his respect by not being openly partisan.

"Many Nigerians would have by now been disappointed by former President Obasanjo's decidedly partisan activities. From his Third Term Agenda that we Nigerians all fought against, to a long list of "Letters" that have lacked the power to positively change anything, the man is slowly losing his elderstatesman status.

"He is on record to identify with a candidate for national election and offered to be the prime mover of what has now become  a destabilizing political aspiration of his proxy in the 2023 elections. This unstatesmanly imposition is unfortunate" he stated.

Shettima called on all Nigerians of good conscience to intervene  in the concerted efforts to promote  national  peace and stability,  especially in this cooling-off period of general elections, adding that we cannot afford to compromise on the ligaments binding us together in brotherhood and nationhood after 60 years of independence.

"The current democracy would not have been possible without the massive contribution of the youth and we will not fold our arms and watch selfish interests deployed in using the same youth to truncate democracy  and destroy the flowering of our National ethos.

We therefore warn again,that Nigeria is not a Banana Republic" he stressed .

 

ABUJA LAND GRABBING SYNDICATE AND THEIR LAWLESS CONDUCT AND THREAT TO SECURITY OF COMMUNITIES

By Donald Iorchir

Reference to the letter written to the Inspector General of Police Of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Usman Alkali Baba and copies sent to the DSS, EFCC, ARMY and other security agencies and publication in the Blueprint Newspaper in November 2022,  Seeking the attention of the Nigeria security service to come to the aid of some land owners in Lugbe but till date the Nigeria Police is yet to take action. 

Again we are using this medium to call on the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies to investigate the following: 

Kinsley Abazie Ifeanyi (also known as IFEDI HOMES) Monday Onimisi  and their cohorts

They are busy going against the law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by trespassing on lands that do not belong to them, threatening land owners, violating the rule of law and disobeying court orders.

It’s so shocking that these fellows, (land grabbing syndicates) go about the city of Abuja in convoys of heavily armed Police personnel and hoodlums, which they use to intimidate, harrass and threaten genuine land owners. We know and can prove that they are being backed up by some Serving and retired  senior Police officials.

We hereby call on the I.G of Police, Director of DSS, Nigerian Army and the Judiciary, to speedily checkmate and investigate the activities and unlawful use of police personnel and hoodlums, this lawbreakers harass, intimidate and threaten genuine land owners. 

We also need the public to ask how and why these people can encroach on lands not belonging to them and with impunity carry out construction activities even with Court Orders restraining them from doing same. They do these things with the active cover of armed policemen and hoodlums.

We appeal to the Judiciary to protect it's integrity as we are at a loss why these syndicates claim to be untouchable, violating court orders and seemingly going scotfree

As it stands the lives of the original land owners are seriously being threatened as they are being repeatedly attacked by the team of Kingsley Abazie Ifeanyi (IFEDI HOMES) and MONDAY ONIMISI.                          

Signed 

Olamide Popoola and Justine Eleshi.

For the concerned.

Genocide against IPOB members: Buhari must face ICC, Atiku insist...

Leader of the  South East Grand Cohesion Alliance for Atiku,  Kenneth Uzumaki Austin  has urged the South-east to accept the olive branch offered to the region by Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and some notably reliable Northern leaders.

 Austin said the call became necessary in view of the obvious fact that Labour Party candidate Peter Obi lacks the necessary wherewithal to win the elections as well as the strength of solemn pledges made by Atiku which were all endorsed by reputable Northern leaders.

He assured that he was privy to a meeting held in the residence of a Rtd Military General and onetime Minister of Defence in Abuja, at which part of the deal was concluded and ratified.

According to Austin who spoke on the sidelines of a press conference by the Group in Abakaliki, part of the agreements were that Atiku, if elected president, shall within the first 100 days in office, ensure that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, would be released unconditionally.

This much has been officially confirmed by a former Senate President and the Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT of the PDP, Adolphus Wabara.The second is that Atiku has promised to work to actualize the dream of an Igbo Presidency by ensuring he hands over to an Igbo successor.

He pointed to Atiku Abubakar's repeated promises to be a “stepping stone” to Igbo presidency."One of these affirmations was made by Atiku early this week  on Tuesday during the party’s presidential campaign rally in Enugu.This is the third time the PDP candidate would make the promise to Igbos in the South-east.

Atiku first made the promise in September during a zonal conference of the PDP in Enugu.The PDP candidate also made the same promise during his campaign flag off for the South-east region in Awka, Anambra State, in December.Speaking during the rally in Enugu on Tuesday, the former vice-president said he still stood by his words.

Third, he said, is the undertaking by Atiku to cooperate fully in the ongoing ICC investigation and ensure prompt prosecution of the outgoing President Buhari and top officials of his administration like the Attorney General of the Federation,  Chief of Army staff, and GOC 82nd Div of the Nigerian Army,  for the genocide committed with the Python Dance military operations conducted in the South-east.

 "Already the  International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague is investigating the September 2017 invasion of a community in Abia State by soldiers of the Nigerian Army during a military exercise code-named Operation Python Dance 2 (Egwu Eke Abuo) which would only get the backing and cooperation of government which Atiku has promised.

 "In the letter obtained  with reference number OTP-CR-413/17 dated March 20, 2018, published by the Sun is the second response by the court to the petitioner, it was confirmed that the military invasion and deaths recorded were already under preliminary examination by the Office of the Prosecutor.

"Part of the letter signed by Mark Dillon, head of the information and evidence unit at the Office of the Prosecutor, read: “Accordingly, your communication will be analysed in this context, with the assistance of other related communications and other available information,” Austin said.

To further prove his point,  Austin pointed to a meeting between the Northern Elders Forum and South-east leaders where the NEF chairman, Ango Abdullahi, presented all the terms agreed upon.

Abdullahi, in an interview with the Tribune of February 12, 2023, confirmed this meeting in these words:  NEF is still discussing with other stakeholders from other parts of the country who are interested in the elections. 

Even today [Thursday], we are having a meeting with the representatives of the Ohanaeze in Abuja."NEF and Ohanaeze are meeting right now and we don’t know the outcome of their discussion yet," Austin quoted Abdullahi to buttress his claims.

He concluded by urging the Igbo not to allow sentiments or discontent to hold them back from coming out to vote massively to secure their future based on the promises made by Atiku and the Northern leaders.

"At least Atiku himself has been bold enough to openly declare his position in favour of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whereas even our kinsman, Obi could not do that publicly. "We, the Igbo should key into this agreement reached and sealed by the North and its leaders by taking full advantage of this window of hope by voting massively for Atiku and ensuring their votes count, " he said.

ENDS