{"id":51133,"date":"2021-10-02T17:55:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=51133"},"modified":"2021-10-02T17:23:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T16:23:20","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-igboho-should-be-decisively-dealt-with-arewa-youths-back-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-igboho-should-be-decisively-dealt-with-arewa-youths-back-buhari","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho should be decisively dealt with \u2013 Arewa youths back Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has said those agitating for Nigeria\u2019s disintegration should be decisively dealt with.<\/p>\n

Yerima Shettima, National President of the AYCF, made the remark while backing President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s decision to deal with agitators like Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Sunday Igboho.<\/p>\n

Buhari had issued the threat during his speech to mark Nigeria\u2019s 61st Independence Day anniversary.<\/p>\n

The President had vowed to go after violent agitators like Kanu and Igboho, who threaten<\/p>\n

the cooperate existence of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

However, speaking exclusively with DAILY POST, Shettima said those whose agitations are endangering the lives of Nigerians should be dealt with in line with Buhari\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n

He described Kanu as a blind man who is leading IPOB into a death trap.<\/p>\n

Faulting the violent approach of IPOB, Shettima pointed out that the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, go about their agitation peacefully without endangering the lives of Nigerians.<\/p>\n

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FGAccording to Shettima: \u201cAll of us are victims of the society today in one way or the other, so if, something goes wrong, you don\u2019t have to behave abnormal. When you look at the situation on ground and think the only way out is to become violent at the expense of people\u2019s lives, then such agitation is not worth it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, certain things went wrong and we also, in Northern part of the country have suffered the same problem. In fact, we have even suffered more than where the agitation is coming from.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan the situation today in the Northwest or Northeast be compared to the realities in the Southwest and Southeast? The answer is no. For over two decades now, we have been suffering from one trouble to another. From poverty to marginalization to deprivation and so on. Even at that, we never deemed it necessary to take up arms against the state; so, no matter how you look at it, their approaches are wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t we have other groups agitating, like MASSOB? Do you see MASSOB endangering the lives of innocent citizens of the Southeast? The answer is no. Was it not from MASSOB IPOB broke out and is led by that blind man who puts the lives of people in danger? MASSOB goes about their demands which are very genuine by their thinking and feeling.<\/p>\n

\u201cMASSOB has said she really believes that the Southeast is being marginalized and if Nigeria can address some of this injustice meted on them, they are willing to come back and build the nation. However, the IPOB\u2019s approach by this their blind leader who is leading them to death zone is wrong, and two wrongs can not make a right.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at this situation, you can\u2019t solve problems with problems. We have faith in the country despite the shortcomings. We believe some days we will turn things around instead of balkanizing the country in the name of agitation. Most of those agitators are young elements who should come together and build a synergy within themselves that would fight against those oppressing them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody found disobeying the law of the land should be dealt with decisively; nobody is above the law. If you balkanize the country, where will you go to? You can\u2019t be an American citizen, you will still remain a Nigerian. If you balkanize here, where will you run to? You are a refugee anywhere you run to.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe suffered during the war and we can\u2019t go back there again. If there is a way we can amend what happened in the past to ensure that the war never happened, we would have done that. It has happened and all we need now is to forgive ourselves and move forward. We can\u2019t continue to reflect on that and expect to make progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody suffered for that, so is that where they want us to return to now that there is arms proliferation? We can\u2019t survive a second war, so Nigerians must learn to stay together. We can agitate without endangering the life of anybody.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe statement coming from the president shows he is a leader and people should know that we are not in Banana Republic. I\u2019m not an advocate of the president, neither am I in the government but a victim of the society and I lead a group of people who are already victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has said those agitating for Nigeria\u2019s disintegration should be decisively dealt with. Yerima Shettima, National President of the AYCF, made the remark while backing President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s decision to deal with agitators like Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Sunday Igboho. 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