…Calls For Security Alertness
A coalition under the aegis of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has raised the alarm over alleged plans by some persons to cause mayhem in the South-West and other parts of the country with the ultimate objective of truncating the conduct of the 2023 general elections.
The group alleged that some disgruntled persons in the South-West and their allies in other parts of the country and outside, have been engaging in “clandestine activities” aimed at causing violence and sparking off killings and arson to undermine the electoral process and ultimately truncate next year’s elections throughout the country.
The forum disclosed that the violence, which had been planned to start in the South-West, also had the objective of “re-enacting the arson and killings that characterised the unfortunate “Operation Wetie” violence that took place in the region in the First Republic” and it’s to be spread to the North by some Northern collaborators.
National Coordinator of the YAF, Mr. Adeshina Animashaun in a statement on Monday in Lagos said it learnt that the aggrieved masterminds of the violence were planning to secure the services of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the South-West in their alleged plans to instigate violence and cause chaos all over the country.
According to the Forum, the ultimate objective of the alleged planned nationwide violence “is to exploit the situation to surreptitiously realise their selfish political ambition in 2023.
“Their evil calculation, YAF has learnt, is to take control of the country’s political space and the electoral processes, which they believe they are being denied now by the incumbent administration.
The YAF alleged, “This grand conspiracy to cause violence and mayhem across the country by these prominent personalities is, of course, being fine-tuned by some prominent Nigerians and others pretending to be taking refuge in neighbouring countries.
The forum further claimed that those behind these plans for violence have a more sinister objective of causing chaos and mayhem across the Nigerian nation for the selfish political end of their sponsors and paymasters, particularly aggrieved politicians.
“These personalities and the other masterminds of these violent plans are bent on throwing Nigeria into total chaos to fast track the collapse of governments at both the state and Federal levels to enable them to execute their evil plans for the country,” it added.
The body warned “those disgruntled persons are behind this plot, we are also appealing to ASUU and NANS not to allow themselves to be used. Rather, they should endeavour to resolve the current disagreement with the Federal Government peacefully and responsibly, without any ulterior motive or external push by disgruntled elements.
“As noted earlier, for now, the hoodlums hired by these disgruntled personalities will continue to perpetrate skeletal arson and destruction until after the APC convention when they’ll launch their major onslaught on Nigerians and the government.”
It cautioned the planners of the nationwide violence to restrain themselves and shelve their evil plans in the interest of the country.
He added that m, “If they refuse to take this modest advice, YAF would expose them by revealing their identities, and they should be prepared to face sanctions and consequences.”
The Forum advised Yoruba and Nigerian youths to maintain peace and eschew violence, urging the people of the South-West and Nigerians not to allow themselves to be deceived by anyone to engage in violence.
YAF, therefore, advised the Federal Government and the state governors to ensure the deployment of adequate number of security agents throughout Yorubaland as well as the entire country to tighten security and forestall any plan by any group or individuals to instigate violence and cause chaos before and during the 2023 elections.
“YAF will no longer fold its hands and allow unpatriotic elements and their collaborators to further destroy the economic and social well-being of our people in the name of partisan politics. We can no longer afford to lose more to the unpatriotic and evil activities of sponsored hoodlums masquerading as political thugs,” they said.
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