The Arewa Youth Integrity Forum
(AYIF) has frowned at the alliance between the Peoples Democratic Party’s
presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode
with leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
The youth group vowed to stop
Atiku because his romance with Fani-Kayode and the pro-Biafra group leader
would destabilize Nigeria.
Recall that Kanu, who went missing
since September following the invasion of his house by troops of the Operation
Python Dance, was spotted in Jerusalem, Israel praying at the Wailing Wall last
week.
Few minutes after his
reappearance, Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the PDP took to his Twitter handle to
announce that he spoke with Kanu and he had agreed to work with the PDP to oust
President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
Reacting to the development,
Adamu Adamu, the National President of AYIF, said Atiku would lose the support
of northern youths if he failed to distance himself from the union.
Adamu wondered why Atiku, who is
eyeing the nation’s number one seat could get the support of an outlawed
organisation like IPOB or its leader who has been declared wanted by the
Nigerian security operatives.
According to him, “AYIF has
followed with concerns the reappearance of the wanted leader of the terrorist
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and the invitation to anarchy
by one of those standing trial for corruption, Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), who
disclosed that Kanu has agreed to work for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
in the forthcoming elections.
“We find it odd that Fani-Kayode,
who had alleged a military abduction and assassination of Nnamdi Kanu did not
deem it proper to apologise to Nigerians for his lies but simply pretended as
if he never made such outlandish claims and switched to talking political
alliance.
“His lies about the “Hausa/Fulani
imperialists” killing Kanu had placed the lives of persons of these ethnicities
at risk while also pushing the entire country to the edge of a meltdown. His
lack of remorse shows that it is something he will attempt again in no distant
time.
“AYIF further reminds Nigerians
that prior to jumping bail, Kanu, with his followers, had consistently referred
to Nigeria as a zoo and the citizens as animals that do not deserve to live.
His inflammatory provocations got to a point where Nigerians were angered to a
point of issuing quit notices against each other along ethnic lines even as
Kanu’s IPOB continued to call for the disintegration of the country.
“It, therefore, borders on
insanity for the same Kanu to reappear today and be declaring to be part of the
nation’s political process without first renouncing his separatist stance and
demand for violence against Hausa/Fulani.
“The hatred of the two men
against Hausa/Fulani remains evident from the comments of their followers on
online platforms and there is no proof they have tried to call their
radicalized followers to order.
“The alliance they are talking
about is nothing but trying to create a publicly acceptable platform for their
hate mongering. They have nothing good to offer Nigerians.
“Ordinarily, the alliance between
the duo do not bother us in the least since the leading candidates in the race
for presidency are from the north; but we find it repulsive that men who have
not properly proven themselves as being free of mental illness are jostling to
take leading role in how Nigerians decide.
“One of them is standing trial
for treason and the other is on trial for capital corruption so they have the
incentives to deliberately cause provocations that will destroy the country and
ensure that Nigeria no longer exists as a country to conclude their trial.
“We, therefore, warn the PDP
presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that he risks losing the support
of Arewa if he associates his campaign with Femi Fani-Kayode and Nnamdi Kanu,
who have both repeatedly declared their disdain and hatred for Nigerians from
the northern parts of the country.
“We find it abominable that
Fani-Kayode, who sees Arewa as a plague and Kanu that sees us as animals can
today be attempting to hitch a ride on Atiku Abubakar’s PDP ticket when they
still hold steadfastly to their genocidal views against Hausa/Fulani. If they
successfully hitch the ride they seek then we will rather mobilize for the
person the PDP is seeking to unseat.
“Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the
PDP must immediately formally distance themselves from FFK and Kanu failing
which AYIF will be compelled to mobilize other Arewa youth groups to express
their displeasure with the PDP. The dissociation from this duo include
restricting them from making any statement whatsoever on behalf of Alhaji
Abubakar or the PDP presidential campaign. We do not envisage that the party
has anything to lose because four years ago when Fani-Kayode was serving as PDP
Chief media strategist his only strategy was to alleged that the then candidate
Muhammadu Buhari will die but not only did he win the election but has remained
alive.”
Meanwhile, Uche Mefor, the Deputy
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has countered Fani-Kayode that
its leader, Nnamdi Kanu agreed to work against President Muhammadu Buhari’s
reelection.
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