http://www.newsportng.com.ng As the victims of the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna bound train marked 120 days in captivity which was celebrated by the terrorist through a new video released by them in which they victims were being tortured, Northern Youths, under the umbrella of the Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has issued a strong warning to the Federal government that there will be no election in the northern region if the abducted Passangers and other Kidnaped victims are not released.
Similarly, the youth Assembly said, communities under the control of the Terroristsust also be liberated.
This is just as the Assembly also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the National Security Adviser, General Babagana Monguno (rtd) for failing in his responsibilities of advising the governent on security matters effectively. – Northern Youths
A statement issued in Kaduna and signs by Mohammed Salihu Danlami,
Speaker, AYA, he said, the Assembly shares in the pain and agony of the immediate families and friends of those in captivity, and pray God to intervene through His supernatural power and set them free.
The AYA also noted that “the growing audacity of non state actors which led to the invasion of Kuje Prison, Abuja which led to the release of numerous arrested Boko Haram Commanders shows that even Mr President in the Presidential Villa is not safe, it is just a matter of time, these ragtag elements will draw inspiration from the Afghanistan Terrorists and take over leadership of our country. – Northern Youths
“We have observed that this insult to our country supremacy wouldn’t have been possible if the National Security Adviser (NSA) who is supposed to guide Mr President had not run out of ideas. Since his appointment over 7 years ago, we strongly believe that the man has run out of steam and does not have anything new to offer, hence, the Honourable thing for him to do is to pack his luggage and return to his retirement destination, where he fails to, Mr President should urgently sack him and get him replaced.
“The Assembly make bold to state that our youth won’t participate in activities in the build up to 2023 general elections and the election proper if our brothers and sisters in captivity are not released, and also if most of our Local Government Areas (LGA) and communities that are now under the control of either Ansaru Terrorists in North Central and North West or ISWAP in North East are not liberated. In order words, Politicians are only welcome to our region, when we have every reason to believe that our forests are free from bandits and terrorists”. – Northern Youths
The Assembly further said, it strongly believe that if the amount of monies budgeted for security and defence were deployed for such purposes, the largely wretched souls in our bushes wouldn’t have been able to withstand our armed forces for just three days, stressing however that, “Nigerians believe that the Armed Forces remains the most corrupt institution in our country, that need to be properly checked by various anti-graft agencies.
“Finally, the Assembly wish to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to recall the circumstances behind the bomb explosion in Kawo that almost claim his life, which would have denied him the God ordained time to be Nigeria’s democratically elected President and come hard on the Terrorists elements who are sharing legitimacy of government with him, so as not to allow them kill many more future Presidents, captains of Industry, Professors, etc”