Boko Haram: Arewa youths accuse politicians of causing panic among residents
- Politicians have been accused of causing panic among residents living in Borno state
- According to the Arewa Youths Integrity Forum, some politicians are taking advantage of the ongoing unrest in the state to enrich themselves
- The forum said there is no justification for anybody or group of persons to circulate frightfully damaging messages
Some youth in the northeast have accused politicians of causing panic among resident in the region over Boko Haram insurgency.
The Arewa Youths Integrity Forum (AYIF) in a statement on Sunday, December 30, said some Borno politicians spin fake news to achieve their aim in the state.
The statement signed by the secretary general of the AYIF, Sani Kolo, said brazen exhibition of acts of treachery and distortions of insecurity by some Nigerians, especially political players in Borno state is becoming worrisome.
Kolo said the politicians were taking advantage of the ongoing unrest in the state to enrich themselves and settle political scores.
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He alleged that some persons were exploiting the renewed feeble resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in the northeast to spread unfounded rumours to cause panic and hysteria to the natives who left IDPs camps months back.
"We have had a flurry of text messages forwarded from our people who are residents of communities like Bama, Dikwa and Monguno. These SMS are from characters who feign close relations with the recipients or Nigerians “concerned” about their safety.
“The nauseating messages come with barefaced warnings of the natives of these communities to relocate to IDPs camps for unstated reasons; thereby promoting fear and panic in the residents. But these are overtly locals who are untroubled, by the feeble strikes of shadowy operations of remnants of insurgents far from their vicinities; but excited that they are dwelling in peaceful, secured villagers once abandoned for months or years.
“It will be recalled that AYIF has had cause in the past to frown at the covert activities of political power mongers in Nigeria and their local agents and collaborators who prefer to see the progression of Boko Haram insurgency and the triumph of the terrorists against the Nigerian state.
“It is an open secret; these gangs of awkward, odious, greedy and expired breed of politicians are masquerading as messiahs of today. But they delight more in bloodshed and insecurity. They infinitely hate to see the end of terrorism in Nigeria, which they have persistently exploited for both political and economic gains.
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"They are less concerned about the pains and sorrows they have wrought on our people and the country," Kolo said.
Kolo further warned that there is no justification for anybody or group of persons to circulate frightfully damaging messages to natives of communities and villages in Borno.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that some suspected Boko Haram fighters who invaded Buni-Gari, a town in Yobe state, got more than they bargained for when some hunters engaged them in a fierce battle on Sunday, December 30.
A resident of the town quoted in the report, said the insurgents struck around 5pm when Nigerian soldiers were not on ground. According to him, the hunters succeeded in forcing the insurgents to beat a retreat and return to their base.
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