FANI-KAYODE: South/Middle Belt group warn northern youths

Youths from Southern and Middle Belt parts of Nigeria under the aegis of SAMBAY have sent a stern warning to Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) that nothing must happen to Femi Fani-Kayode for speaking for the people of the regions against what they termed Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘tyrannous’ leadership.

SAMBAY’ statement was in response to an earlier warning by ACF that Fani-Kayode should forthwith desist from criticising President Buhari and northern elders or incur its wrath.

However, in a statement jointly signed by Fidelis Ujah (Middle Belt), Onyema Ukachukwu (South East) and Mustapha Olasubomi (South West) after an emergency meeting on Sunday, SAMBAY cautioned that the ACF cannot intimidate Fani-Kayode for making a critique of the President Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government.

“We wonder where these Arewa Youths have been all this while that their cousins, the Fulani herdsmen terrorists, have been killing citizens with impunity in Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau and such other states. They never condemned them because they do not see people from these parts as one of them except for election purposes. Even in Southern Kaduna that is further up north, indigenes were killed without these Arewa saying anything.

“We find their silence on these issues most reprehensible and signs of deep-seated hatred for other parts of the country.

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“It is based on this that we have come together to say NEVER will we allow anything untoward to happen to Chief Femi Fani-Kayode who has been speaking up for us and our people against the tyranny and despotism of the Buhari administration and his Hausa/Fulani disciples.

“We have lost more people in the South and the Middle Belt in the two years under Buhari than we have done since 1999 to May 2015. Do we allow Arewa and their threats to those who defend and speak up for us pass unchallenged or do we stand up to them and say enough is enough? Our people have chosen the latter.

“For the avoidance of doubt, we want to make it categorically clear that under no circumstances shall we allow anyone no matter who they think they are to threaten Fani-Kayode. Nothing must happen to him or any member of his family.

“We call on the law enforcement agencies to take notice of such needless threats from AYF as we are more than ready to respond adequately and commensurately to any action the Arewa Youths might be planning to take. Enough is enough!” the group said.

 

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