The Northern Nigeria Youth Leaders Forum (NNYLF) has warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, against using detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to advance their political ambitions. The group recently said that they would not stand by and watch the duo of Atiku and Sowore use the ordeal of the Biafran activist for their own political gain.
In a press statement by the National President of the association, Mr Murtala Gamji, in Abuja, NNYLF revealed that both politicians should not use the ordeal of the Biafran activists as a chessboard to launch their political campaign and set Nigeria on fire.
According to him, Sowore and Atiku should wait and allow the due process of the court amid Nnamdi Kanu’s ongoing terrorism trial.
“We advise them to rather wait and allow the due process of the court in the ongoing terrorism trial of the IPOB leader,” he said.
The Northern Nigeria Youth Leaders Forum further urged Bola Tinubu not to be distracted by the antics of Atiku and Sowore, reaffirming its support for the President.
Gamji concluded by distancing the Northern youths from the planned protest.
“We are here to express our anger, dislike and to show the whole world that we are not with desperate politicians in Nigeria, using the detention of Nnamdi Kanu to cause tension in the country.
The former presidential candidate and owner of SaharaReporter, Mr. Omoleye Sowore, and our father, the former Vice president Atiku Abubakar, are coming to organise a rally to free Nnamdi Kanu.
We are not with them on this and we say no,” he added.
