A northern group, under the aegis
of Youth Grand Alliance has slammed the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, led by
Alhaji Yerima Shettima for rejecting the purported presidential ambitions of
incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, and former vice president, Atiku
Abubakar.
Recall that Shettima had in an
interview warned the two politicians and some other northern political leaders,
who are above 60 years of age to perish the thought of seeking elective offices
in 2019.
“You had your yesterday and you
failed your yesterday, you cannot fail today again and you think of doing a
great damage to our yet unborn children and you expect us to fold our arms.
“Now, we are building for our own
children too. So, you cannot fail your yesterday and come and champion my
today. It is impossible. This cannot happen again,” he had said.
However, Inuwa said the statement
was a reckless display of lack of respect for northern elders.
He said: “Mr Yerima is deceived
by the euphoria that trailed his and other groups infamous ‘quit notice’ given
to Igbo in the North by October 1, 2017, an action deliberately designed to
destabilize the nation, thereby seeing himself as an emerging hero that could
speak for the North.
“The inconsistencies and vague choice of words
in the said interview have clearly shown his ignorance of politics, where
wisdom of elders and energy of the youths are pulled together to produce
results. In other words, the elders and the youths must constantly collaborate
because no one can do without the other.”
The Arewa Youth Grand Alliance,
therefore, challenged Yerima to “come out and tell the world his political
constituency in the whole North. And what are his political value apart from
being a manipulative political tool in the hands of Northern political rivals,
who constantly use him for his nuisance value.
“We wish to state here that we
are very much aware of his sponsors to discredit two of the North’s finest
politicians of our time, President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President,
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to achieve their sinister political motives against 2019.
“As Northern youths and critical
stakeholders in Nigeria, we will resist any attempt by the likes of Yerima to
use the name of Arewa for devilish mission.
“Let us warn Mr Yerima and his
sponsors to desist from reckless and unguarded utterances against our leaders
and elders who have sacrificed so much for our future.
“Any further attempt will leave
us with no option than to bring out his dossiers and make them public. A word
is enough for the wise.”
Who are you speaking on your own, not for the north idiot, we the northern youth, we stand for Buhari, even he will not contest for re-election, we all Agree with the one he chooses for us, nonsense
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