The Coalition of Northern Youths Movement Initiative (CNYMI) has raised concerns about an alleged conspiracy to weaken influential politicians from the Northern region ahead of the 2027 elections.
The group urged the judiciary, security agencies, and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to uphold their oath of allegiance to the people and the Constitution of Nigeria, emphasizing their commitment to resist any injustice against the Northern region.
The group warned politicians against getting involved in any plots that seek to weaken the people of the region.
During a press conference held in Kaduna, Hamza Bala Lawal, the chairman of the Coalition of Northern Youths Movement Initiative, accompanied by its secretary, Ibrahim Muhammad Inuwa said “The chairman of the group also claimed that there is a plot to weaken political elites in the north ahead of the 2027 general elections.
He outlined northern politicians suffering political challenges including former Governor of Kaduna State Malam Nasir el-Rufai and Senator Abdulazeez Yari, the former Zamfara State Governor “who was subsequently rubbished by the government when he tried to become the Senate President of the country.”
Lawal added, “Another Northerner who has also been humiliated since coming into being of this government is Senator Ali Ndume who by right and qualification ought to be the Senate Leader but has since been relegated to be the deputy despite having served in that position in the past in the last 9th Assembly
“Perhaps, the major casualty in the plot against the North is the former Governor of Kano State, Sen Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso who is being harassed daily to give up the mandate that the people of the state have given to his party in the general election”.
He stated that the coalition is aware of the efforts by certain politicians to destabilize Northern regions, particularly targeting the commercial city of Kano and Plateau states respectively
“We are however calling on President Tinubu not to do anything that would truncate the peace and tranquility that exist in the country by allowing the will of the people in all electoral contests to prevail at all times.”
Lawal also urged the judiciary to stand against “brazen injustice and theft of people mandate” in the Northern region.
He expressed strong disapproval of what he termed as the ruling APC’s schemes to transform the country into a one-party state, utilizing state instruments to coerce and intimidate the opposition into submission
The chairman of the group also said that Nigerians are observing the developments in the Court of Appeal regarding the governorship polls in Zamfara, Plateau, and Kano States.
Despite opposition parties winning these states through the ballot box, there are efforts by the Federal Government to seize control from the winning political parties.
“What is even more embarrassing is the case of Kano where the Court of Appeal is still finding it hard to defend its verdict on the election which many have come to see as very ignoble and horrible. The fact that the verdict is tainted was further shown when the NNPP tried to secure the certified true copy of the judgment revealing the underhand dealings that must have happened with the document revealing contradictory outcomes.
“While some paragraphs upheld the election of Gov Abba Kabir Yusuf of the NNPP as duly elected. The embarrassment created by the nasty scenario is yet to abate as we speak as the action has further put the judiciary in the negative spot in the minds of right-thinking Nigerians who have lost faith in that vital arm of the government
“The most laughable verdict also is the issue of internal affairs of each political party which is clearly enshrined in our electoral act and which the supreme court has long settled, yet that is the issue the same judiciary is using to upturn Kano’s mandates which was freely given to NNPP,” he said.
Kanyi Daily recalls that Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai had asked residents of the state to disregard the directive of Muhammadu Buhari on the naira redesign policy.
