ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi-
The Northern Youth Consultative Initiative (NYCI), has condemned the crisis at the Shasha area of Ibadan, Oyo State, calling on Governor, Seyi Makinde, to urgently fish out and bring to book all those involved in the crisis.
The Convener of the group, Amb. Bappare Mohammed who made this position known while speaking with journalists in Bauchi on Sunday, said that prosecuting them would serve as a deterrent to others who may want to do same thing.
He said: “The attack on innocent Hausa men earlier Saturday at Shasha community of Oyo state stand condemned by all men of good conscience and conviction”.
“It should be noted that on several fora, the leadership of Northern Youth Consultative Initiative has been calling for sincere unity of Nigerians irrespective of ethnic or religious affiliation”.
He however lamented that, “but calls of such manner has conspicuously been hindered from thriving, by merchants of violence that are hellbent on fanning the embers of crisis and disunity for their selfish gains” .
Ambassador Mohammed added that the “attack of such magnitude will eminently cause reprisal crisis across the country, which shall bring nothing but bloodbaths across the country.”
He therefore, urge Governor Seyi Makinde and other Governors bedeviled with serious security threats to do everything possible by prosecuting culprits and sponsors of these unfortunate incidents.
“Finally, we implore Northern youths to remain calm and law abiding by not taking laws into our hands. Nigeria is ours we have no any other place on earth more than our dear country,” he stated.
He then asserted that It is the constitutional rights of every Nigerian to live in any state within the country as no one has the constitutional rights to send anybody out from any state .
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