I Never Issued Threat Of War – Yerima Shettima

AISHA ABUBAKAR

The National President, Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, has cleared the air, distanced himself and his group, AYCF, from the fake news serenading the social media about threats of war.

Reacting to the fake news making the rounds, the AYCF National President, Alhaji Yerima, said, “My attention has been drawn to a fake “Breaking News” in which some unknown mischief-makers struggled to connect me to the threat against the people of the SouthEast over a purported threat to Northern youths in the Zone”.
“The so-called news was the handiwork of some unknown rabble-rousers, designed to dent the public image of the struggle I have built for decades. I bet this shadowy group that their evil agenda is dead on arrival as Nigerians are now too sophisticated to believe that kind of trash being willy-nilly tied to my name and my group.”
“However, I would like to make it categoraically clear that, much as the purported threat of war was not my style, this does not mean I no longer care about my Northern brothers. I still have the Northern youths at heart and will strive to promote and protect their interests peacefully and in line with legal and constitutional provisions.”
“I urged Nigerians of good conscience to continue to disregard this shadowy group of trouble-makers, who assumed they could either use my name or that of my group to destabilize the nation. I wish reiterate that the threat of war is not and can never be my style as a progressive and modern Democrat. I believe wholeheartedly in the spirit of consultation as a strategy for achieving our noble objective as a people.”
“I wish also thank all those who reached out to me to express concern over this devilish plot and to give me extra courage to always legitimately stand on the side of the North and of truth. I cannot thank you enough for the massive solidarity” Alhaji Yerima Shettima concluded.