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We Won’t Allow S’West Impose President On Nigeria Like 2015 – Arewa Youths Blow Hot
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has stated that it will not allow a repeat of the political scenario that played out in 2015 where the North was purportedly turned into a mere observer in who represents the region in a presidential election.
AYCF said it has noticed that gradually, the country was being pushed back to the political scenario of 2015, in which the South-West region dominated decision-making efforts on who should be Nigeria’s president.
It noted that the North, out of modesty, merely allowed that “historic” imposition which has made the region’s first four years wasted years of poverty, hunger, unemployment, general underdevelopment and disturbing levels of stagnation.
AYCF, in a statement made available to ORIENTAL TIMES on Sunday afternoon by its National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, said, “As a group of citizens from the North, who mince no words in speaking the truth every time, we are once again sounding a note of warning as follows:
“We will no longer tolerate the kind of imposition that brought the nation’s economy to knees and all we now get is empty propaganda instead of performance. This is an insult on the sensibilities of all Nigerians who struggled to drive away the military in order to pave way for democracy
“Even though the consensus is that power should reside within the North in 2019, we make bold to say no one should dare try to teleguide the region and its people this time around. Northerners have a right to their democratic aspirations and choice of a President and no one should try to usurp such constitutional power through the backdoor.
“We want to make it vary clear that the era of imposition of anyone on the North is gone. We are watching, very closely, the turn of events on Nigeria’s democratic space at the moment and won’t take any form of manipulation by people who know little or nothing about the kind of leadership the people of the North want.
“We cannot fathom why people outside the North should turn our region into their political experiment field, choosing a candidate who would take orders from them and abandon his own people’s wishes and aspirations.
“This is primitive, unacceptable and a smear on well-known democratic principles of a modern, independent nation that we have been in over 50 years.
“The earlier this shameful manipulation of our hopes in democracy is stopped, the better for our relationship with our neighbours. On no account should anyone take the North for granted again, especially on the matter of 2019 presidency. We are no fools and the world has come a long way from the era of political obscurantism and harmful patronage.
“We also find it disheartening that the Northwest is now slowly going into the hands of toxic political class, whose political madness has now reached alarming levels. How else can anyone, in his right senses, explain the emergence of Nine(9) presidential candidates all from one geopolitical zone? What has gone wrong with the North’s sense of decency in politics?
“Imagine the exemplary style of the Northeast, which has just two candidates! Isn’t that a lesson for the scattered and uncoordinated Northwest? If this mess is not tackled, the next generation of Northern political leaders will never forgive us for being so callous and reckless politics. And we won’t fold our arms and watch this happen.
“We also declare that our plans are already in top gear, to use all constitutional means to protect the integrity of the North by stopping those political merchants from elsewhere who are turning our region into their experimental guinea pig. We have overlooked this political subjugation in 2015, to give democracy a chance and also not to jeopardise the alliance between the North and its neighbours. But now that there are deliberate efforts by some political merchants to repeat the same ridiculous manipulation, we are telling them that it’s no longer possible.
“There are so many ways of promoting the deepening of democracy in Nigeria, but open and shameless manipulation is not one of them. We hope this message would serve as a final warning to those plotting for the imposition of their lackeys as presidents for selfish political gains. We have heard enough of this insult on the North just because some self-centred political marauders are being driven by the hunger for absolute power. Enough is enough.”
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 10:58 am
So these aboki them get sense? No wonder the only people supporting buhari are mostly Yoruba motorpark agberos called yoruba muslims, dont be fooled by names like abdulahi and co they are all yoruba muslims with very few aboki selling sugar canes. I gues it’s a good morning to the aboki as Tinubu juju has expired on you. Maybe Tinubu needs to reinforce his juju
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 9:27 am
No more biafra news?
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 8:47 am
foolish post
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 8:27 am
I swear we go deal with them like donkeys
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 7:46 am
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 7:46 am
Let Nigeria scatter
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 7:46 am
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 7:46 am
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 7:46 am
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 7:31 am
Who imposed OBJ on Nigerians?
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 6:54 am
Husband and wife argument.
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 6:52 am
So we should the northern terrorists to detect for us ,uhn?
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 6:40 am
So it’s the north that should impose a president on Nigeria? Who do these set of people think they are biko?
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 6:37 am
After all, people’s vote DNT count.you HV the the guts to say this BECOS votes don’t count in Nigeria.
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 6:37 am
Whose interests are they projecting? Hope they ought to understand that the president represents a position not very open to some Nigerians.
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 6:31 am
Is something wrong with buhari?
Why this comment?
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 6:28 am
DAT one concerns u d North & ur brodas in d south west, we d Biafrans are already going , good bye
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 5:57 am
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August 20, 2018 at 5:13 am
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 5:12 am
Arewa youths look for a healthy vibrant man like Atiku. The sick man there will be wasting your 8 yrs treating himself. Shone Tinubu and his south west agenda.
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 6:25 am
Atiku ? Death country.
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 5:06 am
Some of the comments here so sad and it came from South east people.
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 5:29 am
Ajala the traveler. Confused bats
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 7:15 am
Your indeed a confused man sir. I just read through the comments, so tell me how it is the people of south east that your focusing on you better take your time.
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 4:36 am
Hahahahaha!!! Hope tinubu an osho ole the Islamic party chairman is listening?
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Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 12:28 am
Is Nigeria now Fulani country that they now came out boldly to speak what they like? Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen go back to ur country or go inside bush and continue ur life there in Hausa land Bc they invited u ppl.
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 5:10 am
Come on man! it is Nigeria we are talking about not biafraud
Anonymous
August 20, 2018 at 12:07 am
How long shall this Fulani terrorist government last with their agent of terror
Anonymous
August 19, 2018 at 11:20 pm
Na now day break