In what seems to be an unusual development, many groups are coming out to defend a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode against attacks and threats by northern youths.
Barely 24 hours after Southern and Middle Belt Allied Youths (SAMBAY) warned northern elements Arewa Youths Forum, AYF and other parts of the country against attacking Fani-Kayode, another youth, Igbimo Odo Yoruba has reiterated the position.
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In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Alogun Ayodeji, the group warned that any attack on the former Minister would be resisted.
The Arewa Youth Forum, in a statement signed by one Gambo Gunjuju, had warned the former Minister of Aviation, against what he described as Chief Fani Kayode’s “verbal attack” on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Northern Elders.
The self self styled Arewa group in the said statement, also posited, that Chief Femi Fani Kayode should be ready to face the consequences of his verbal attacks if he continues.
Igbimo Odo Yoruba said “We sympathise with these elements, who rather than tap from the eye opening patriotic criticisms of Chief Fani Kayode, to liberate themselves from the mental slavery that today’s generation of Northern youth have become victims of, they have chosen the path of perdition, by declaring their willingness, to become a willing tool in the hands of the a northern oligarchy, which has held their region and the entire nation on hostage, particularly since the imposition of the ineffective leadership of President Buhari on Nigeria, since 2015.
“While we are not moved an inch, by these empty threat by the cowardly group, we wish to remind them, that Chief Femi Fani Kayode is a true born Yoruba Son, a patriot and committed citizen of Nigeria. May we also inform these gang and their sponsors, that the Yoruba Race, particularly the youth, are more than prepared to resist, any form of assault or attack by whatever means, on Chief Fani Kayode or any of our leaders.
“For the sake of the Nigerian people, particularly those, who have increasingly appreciated the patriotic criticism of the incumbent ineffectual regime, by Chief Femi Fani Kayode, who today remains the most visible patriotic opposition voice in the country, we want to assure them that no amount of gang-up to harass and intimidate Chief Femi Fani Kayode or any of our leaders, will be tolerated at any given time. We are resolved, to use every legitimate means within our reach to resist and respond decisively to any form of aggression on our land and its people.
“Let it be noted by all, that the Yoruba nation are no strangers to antics of the North and its agents like the paid gang of Arewa Youth Forum, in their perpetual attempt at making others feel inferior in a nation that we all own and much more in our own land, going by their latest threats and actions.
“In lieu of the above, we are calling on all patriotic Nigerians, to resist this cowardly attempt to internally colonise Nigerians again, by these self serving elements from a section of the northern Nigeria, who are devilishly determined to sustain a nearly totally collapsed Presidency of Muhammadu Buhari on Nigerians. We also urge Chief Femi Fani Kayode and other patriots, who are currently giving their best, to salvage this Nation, from the unprecedented failure of leadership, not to be distracted by the antics of these agent provocateurs.”
Onward together”.
Since the beginning of the current administration, Fani-Kayode who is an astute member of the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, though currently divided, had on several occasions criticized the Buhari’s led government.
He had been arraigned severally by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on several financial charges which made people speculate that he (Fani-kayode) was being targeted in order to subdue his voice.
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