SAN FRANCISCO, November 02, (THEWILL) – The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF has denied reports that the forum called for the arrest of the publisher of Ovation International, Dele Momodu for interviewing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The Forum described the news that it’s National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima demanded for the arrest of the publisher as “fake, malicious and injurious fabrication.”
In a statement on Monday, the AYCF said “those spreading the fake news against our National Chairman have been doing so for quite some months now and we are sure it is all politically-motivated and targeted at the good name our leader has built for decades as a fearless democrat.”
“The agenda of this shadowy group, which is bent on ridiculing the image and integrity of our National President, is to score cheap political points”, the Forum alleged.
The statement added that Yerima has already consulted widely with his associates on how best to take legal action against the group, once ongoing investigations were completed.
“The AYCF’s National President, our own vocal Shettima Yerima has been one of the leading lights in the advocacy for restructuring and good governance. He has also been an advocate of peace and dialogue and we wish to warn his detractors that their campaign of calumny will never change that’”, the Forum added.
