Razaq Bamidele
A civil society organisation, Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM), has condemned in the strongest terms, the reported threat allegedly issued by some youths under the umbrella of the Coalition of South East Youths Leaders (COSEYL), warning groups and individuals to steer clear of the zone in campaigning for the Presidential candidature of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The condemnation was contained in a statement issued in Lagos by the orgaanisation’s Executive Chairman Comrade Nelson Ekujumi, who stated that “CPPM like most Nigerians and adherents of democracy were shocked and embarrassed to read via a newspaper reportage of 10th August 2022, that some misguided youths under the banner of an acronym (COSEYL),” describing the development as irresponsible, reckless, provocative, barbaric and condemnable.”
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According to CPPM, the threat was insensitivity, insulting and constitutes an affront not only against the provisions of the electoral Act, but also against the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria!
The organization, however, suspected that the empty threat to democracy by the misguided youths in the COSEYL could be the handiwork of anti-democratic elements and political vampires who have resorted to this act of desperation just to stoke up ethnic tension and undermine national security.
The group acknowledged that the misguided youths do not in any way represent the hardworking and politically conscientious youths of the South East of Nigeria who are desirous of participating in the 2023 electoral process in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility like their fellow youths from other regions of Nigeria.
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The CPPM, therefore, urged the Nigerian youths to remain focused and law abiding in contributing their quota to nation building and democracy and not allow themselves to be used as tools of divisiveness by agents of destabilisation who are on the prowl to incite anarchy.
The Executive Chairman, Nelson Ekujumi, then called on the security agencies to invite the mentioned signatories to the threat to national security for interrogation and allow the law take its course.