Standup9ja - Arewa youth condemn Ile-Ife crisis as rascality

Standup9ja - Arewa youth condemn Ile-Ife crisis as rascality

The Arewa Youth Forum, (AYF) condemned crisis that recently engulfed Ile - Ife in Osun state, calling it an act of lawlessness and rascality which he said has no place in a democracy.

"Consequently, AYF is calling on the Federal Government to immediately bring to book those responsible for this dastardly act to serve as deterrent to others in the future who thinks that at every opportunity they can resort to violence to resolve any alleged grievances,” said AYF president Gambo Gujungu.

"AYF is also Calling on the  northern governors  to convene an  emergency meeting on the crisis and send a strong warning to the Osun  state government on the need for adequate protection of Northerners and other Nigerians in the state, as that is the primary responsibility of any government anywhere in the world. This is because crisis of this nature erode the peace initiative of AYF and other organizations that work day and night for the unity and peaceful coexistence of Nigeria."

"We will do our best  to seek dialogue and any other means possible and necessary to  protect them and their businesses anywhere they decide to reside in Nigeria,” Gajungu said.

“As critical stakeholders in the Nigerian project, we believe in the oneness, together and peaceful coexistence of the country as a force in Africa and the world, however we will not succumb to any form of intimidation and harassment in our battle for peace and social economic development of the country.

“While we await the response of the security agencies to unravel and get to the root of the crisis towards bringing perpetrators to book  we also called on all the northern Youths  home and abroad  to remain calm and be  loyal and responsible citizen as the law will surely take its cause on the issue and bring the criminals to book."