Kwara youths under the umbrella
of the Youth Agitator Nationalist Forum yesterday kicked against the invitation
of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, by the Nigerian Police Force
over the Offa bank robbery.
The Force Public Relations
Officer, Moshood Jimoh , had in a statement at the weekend claimed that five
principal suspects in the April 5 robberies made some allegations which
indicted Saraki.
The National Assembly chairman
was then asked to report to the Force Intelligence Response Team office to
answer to the allegations levelled against him by the suspects. He was however
later given 48 hours to respond to the allegation in writing rather than coming
in person.
However, the protesting youths
marched to the palace of the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi, in the Offa
Local Government Area of Kwara State, demanding that the police not to
politicise their investigation into the robbery.
They sang songs and displayed
placards to express their agitation. Some of the writings on the placards read,
‘We can see the truth, ‘Saraki is the leader that reigns in Kwara State,’ ‘Offa
robbery cannot be used to settle political scores,’ ‘Politics and robbery are
not equal,’ ‘Offa people are not fools,’ and ‘There are lies in police action’.
The President of the Youth
Agitator Nationalist Forum, Peter Kayode, said the group would mobilse no fewer
than 5,000 youths to trek from Kwara State to Abuja to show their solidarity
with Saraki.
He told reporters, “We do not
want the Nigeria Police Force to use the Offa incident against our leader
(Saraki ).
“We are using this protest to
sound a note of warning that the police should correct their action.
“They must make sure that this
issue is not politicised. They should leave our leader alone.
“We are youths and we have the
capacity to trek to Abuja ; it is not just a verbal utterance. If this issue is
not addressed, the youths of Kwara State will walk from Kwara to Abuja.
“We don’t want any revolution ,
but when we start our movement, there will be no going back.
“We are more than 5, 000; we have as members
secondary school pupils and students in tertiary institutions that are Kwara
State indigenes. We will walk to Abuja.”
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