The Arewa Youth Federation has commended the DSS over the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, covener of RevolutionNow protest.
The group also called on northern youths to desist from being a part of the protest, as protesters are trying to jeopardise the fragile peace and stability of the country.
The AYF also issued a warning to northern youths not to be used to destabilise the country and asked them to shun the RevolutionNow protests.
He said: “That the Arewa Youth Federation as an organisation formed on the core principles of democracy and our belief in the Nigerian democratic experiment remain unshakable as such we totally and completely dissociate our organisation and our teeming members from the so-called revolution now protest and we condemned in the most strongest terms the attempt by the organisers of the protest to jeopardize the fragile peace and stability we are currently enjoying as a nation.” He applauded the arrest of former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, while also calling for investigation to some persons believed to be behind his call for revolution. He said: “We commend the Department of State Services (DSS) for their prompt arrest and detention of Omoyele Sowore and we call on the DSS to investigate his connection with Nnamdi Kanu of IPOB and their known collaborators in Nigeria, the likes of Senator Shehu Sani and Yinka Odumakin should immediately be arrested for questioning because we suspect they were hired to destabilize our country by some foreign interests or some faceless politicians who lost out in the last general election.” Matazu warned youths supporting Sowore to desist from doing so and not allow themselves be used by people who no longer have stake in Nigeria. He added that activism is not madness.
“We are ready to counter-march them fire for fire and we can go to any length to defend our emerging democracy against any individual, groups or foreign interests who want to serve as agent of instability in our nation. “The relative peace and stability we are enjoying in our country today is as a result of the proactive measures being undertaken by our security services against forces of darkness who want to tear the country apart as such we would not allow our country to be turn into another Libya, Syria or Sudan in the name of revolution,” he added.
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