Northern Youths Condemn Suspension Of ACF Chairman For Criticising Tinubu’s Govt

…Threaten To Occupy Orgnisation’s H/Quarters If Suspension Isn’t Lifted

LAGOS – The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has condemned the suspension of the chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mamman Osuman for criticising President Bola Tinubu’s government.

 The group in a press statement on Saturday signed by its National President, Comrade Isah Abubakar, noted that it’ll mobilise and occupy the headquarters of the organisation if the suspension is not lifted, stressing that it’s despicable of the members of the ACF to sell their voice for peanuts.

The statement read, “It’s a bad precedent that a chairman will be suspended for telling the truth to power. It’s bad that we found ourselves in a situation where Northern leaders’ priorities self-gain to the general growth and well-being of their people.

Abubakar wondered if what the chairman had said wasn’t the true reflection of what many could not say for fear of favour.

He added, “We, the Northern youths, feel highly ashamed of the behaviour of the so-called leaders of the ACF in suspending their chairman for being bold enough to tell truth to power at the time everyone is afraid to do so. Their actions tell more of the reflection of present northern Nigeria where everyone works for selfish interest. This was not the Northern Nigeria Prof Ango Abdullahi stood for, not the Northern Nigeria of late Yusuf Maitama Sule, or the Northern Nigeria late Justice Mamma Nasir stood for or late Chief Sunday Bolorunduro Awoniyi sacrificed for. This is a new Northern Nigeria where every individual works for his personal interest not caring what happens to others. 

“We therefore call on the National Executive Council of the ACF to, as a matter of urgency, reverse the decision and return Mamman Osuman back to his position, to avoid anything that will further disgrace the organisation.

The group also warned that failure to do so they would mobilise to shut down the headquarters of the ACf in Kaduna in the coming days.

He added, “We wish to assure the general public that nobody can silence any group or organisation that is ready to tell the truth to power, or bring facts to challenge the happenings in our country. We shall continue to stand up for what we believe is right, anytime, any day.”