Youth group tackles Ayo Adebanjo over comments on insecurity

The Coalition of Afenifere Youth Groups (CAYG) has urged Yoruba elders to call a chieftain of its apex socio-political group, Ayo Adebanjo, to order over comments bordering on national security.

In a statement, Ibikunke Daniel, Afenifere youths publicity secretary, said some enemies of the Yoruba nation are using Adebanjo and others ahead of the 2023 elections.

In response to the move to place south-west security network, Amotekun, under the control of the inspector-general of police, Adebanjo had alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is insincere in addressing insecurity in the country.

But CAYG said it is “disappointed that someone who parades the titles of an elder could make utterances that directly jeopardizes the future of the youth since the insecurity he seeks to precipitate will cause of hardship and perhaps rob us of our dear country”.

“It is for this reason that we conclude that recent statements credited to this elder statesman to the effect that President Muhammadu Buhari is not sincere with the fight against insurgency must have emanated from somewhere beyond the borders of Nigeria and not from the sterling mental acuity for our people are known,” the group said.

“Since we do not want to appear rude to an elder, we are constrained to appeal to our fathers, Yoruba elders, to save the Yoruba nation by calling Chief Ayo Adebanjo to order.

“It is the next logical thing to do. We do not want his transational intervention in national matters to be misconstrued as the position of the Yoruba race hence the need for getting him to stick to his personal business of raising desperate funds for his sustenance and stop presenting same as a Yoruba position.”