{"id":33282,"date":"2020-12-09T18:04:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T18:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33282"},"modified":"2020-12-09T18:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T18:04:47","slug":"northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) has spoken out against the fresh wave of #EndSARS protests which was witnessed across the country on Monday, December 7th.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Tuesday by its Chairman, Elliot Afiyo, in Yola, the Northern youths said that the outbreak of a second wave of the #EndSARS protests were attempts to pave the way for a military incursion by way of a coup and possible disintegration of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern youths (an umbrella body of 42 northern youth groups) in the statement issued on Tuesday added that it will mobilize youths in 19 northern states and Abuja to resist the second wave of the #EndSARS protest.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting further to the outbreak of the second wave of #EndSARS protests, the Northern youths said they were prepared for a violent confrontation with #EndSARS protesters in any part of the North.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ ALSO: Melaye cautions Nigerian govt against threatening #EndSARS protesters<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The statement by the Northern youths reads thus in full; \u201cFrom the intelligence reports we received from our zonal and state coordinators and also from some of our members in the security circle, the second wave of these protests as planned by their sponsors, should not be allowed to take place in any of the northern states and Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in possession of credible intelligence reports which shows that, the sponsors of these protests have strategised to bring down completely the already recessed Nigerian economy so as to give way for a military takeover and final disintegration of the country which we considered and truly too, unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo this end, we want to sound a serious warning to the organizers and all their sponsors to discontinue their plans and embrace dialogue or face whatever consequences as a result of the protests. All our zonal and state chapters are fully mobilised and prepared for violent confrontation with the protesters in any part of the North and Abuja,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) has spoken out against the fresh wave of #EndSARS protests which was witnessed across the country on Monday, December 7th. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its Chairman, Elliot Afiyo, in Yola, the Northern youths said that the outbreak of a second wave of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,1906,254,1905,1907],"class_list":["post-33282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-endsars-protests","tag-nigeria","tag-northern-youth-leaders-forum","tag-northern-youths"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) has spoken out against the fresh wave of #EndSARS protests which was witnessed across the country on Monday, December 7th. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its Chairman, Elliot Afiyo, in Yola, the Northern youths said that the outbreak of a second wave of the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-09T18:04:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-09T18:04:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria\"},\"wordCount\":341,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"ENDSARS protests\",\"Nigeria\",\"Northern Youth Leaders Forum\",\"Northern Youths\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria\",\"name\":\"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-09T18:04:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":350,\"caption\":\"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria","og_description":"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) has spoken out against the fresh wave of #EndSARS protests which was witnessed across the country on Monday, December 7th. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its Chairman, Elliot Afiyo, in Yola, the Northern youths said that the outbreak of a second wave of the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2020-12-09T18:04:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria","datePublished":"2020-12-09T18:04:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria"},"wordCount":341,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","ENDSARS protests","Nigeria","Northern Youth Leaders Forum","Northern Youths"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","Policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria","name":"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-09T18:04:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fd0f3e7ce01b.jpg","width":650,"height":350,"caption":"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-youths-kick-against-fresh-endsars-protests-say-its-plot-to-disintegrate-nigeria#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Northern youths kick against fresh #EndSARS protests, say it\u2019s plot to disintegrate Nigeria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}