Northern youths, Monday, took issue up with the Inspector
General of Police and the Presidency, asking them to tender a public apology to
the four northern governors, who were attacked by political thugs opposed to
the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, last week.
It will be recalled that some riotous youths suspected to have
been sponsored, pelted stones on the covey of Amaechi and his visiting
colleagues from Jigawa, Niger, Kano and Adamwa states, damaging some vehicles
in the process.
They placard-bearing elements also asked the visitors to leave
the state, as they were not welcome.
But in their first reaction to the development, northern youths
demanded an urgent sack of the Rivers Police Commissioner for turning a blind
eye to the assault on the five governors while in Rivers State.
The youths under the aegis of Arewa Youth Forum and Northern
Youth Congress noted with regrets that the attack of their governors in Port
Harcourt, which was premeditated, could lead to a North-South conflict if not
well handled.
The National President of the Arewa Youths Forum, Alhaji Gambo
Gujungu, described the attack on the four northern governors by the sponsored
Rivers politicians as an assault on the people of the region and an attempt to
provoke a north-south crisis.
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