The Northern Youths under the umbrella of Northern Youths Leaders Forum, NYLF has stated the second round #EndSARS protests is part of a plot to instigate a coup against President Muhammadu Buhari.
The group on Tuesday disclosed they will resist the protests by mobilizing youths in all Northern states and Abuja. NYLF, being an umbrella body of 42 northern youth groups, claimed that it had credible intelligence that the end goal of the protests was the forceful removal of the Buhari administration.
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The group’s Chairman Elliot Afiyo while Speaking to journalists in Yola on Tuesday, said the group would not hesitate to violently confront the protesters if found in any part of the north.
He said, ‘From the intelligence reports we received from our zonal and state coordinators and also from some of our members in the security circle, the second wave of these protests as planned by their sponsors, should not be allowed to take place in any of the northern states and Abuja.’
‘We are in possession of credible intelligence reports which shows that, the sponsors of these protests have strategised to bring down completely the already recessed Nigerian economy so as to give way for a military takeover and final disintegration of the country which we considered and truly too, unacceptable.’
‘To this end, we want to sound a serious warning to the organizers and all their sponsors to discontinue their plans and embrace dialogue or face whatever consequences as a result of the protests. All our zonal and state chapters are fully mobilised and prepared for violent confrontation with the protesters in any part of the North and Abuja.’ he said.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK