A coalition of youth groups, the
Association of Youths of Nigeria against Corruption (AYONAC) is planning
a nationwide solidarity rally for Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and
the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, in the face of what they described as obvious
harassment and intimidation by the senate.
Spokesman of AYONAC,
Phil Roberts, who addressed newsmen, in Abuja, on Thursday, said that
the march would hold simultaneously in the 36 state capitals and the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with the message: “Nigerian Youths
Stand Up against Corruption in Nigeria.”
Noting that there were
concerted efforts from some quarters to undermine the anti-graft fight
of the present administration, the group said the rally would draw the
attention of the international community, the government, and the agents
of corruption from Nigeria (living within or outside the shores) that
the youth were fed up with the endemic corruption in the country. Advertisement
They
wondered why certain people in the polity, especially the Senate, had
failed to see anything good in Magu, in spite of what the acting EFCC
boss was doing to re-engineer and reposition the war against graft,
which according to them, had won President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration both national and international accolades.
AYONAC
unequivocally declared that Osinbajo holds the right to his personal
opinion and freedom to exercise his fundamental rights as a citizen of
Nigeria, and should not be silenced or cowed by anyone whatsoever. The
group therefore, rejected in its entirety, the recent ultimatum slammed
on the Acting President by the senate, ordering him to sack Magu as
Acting Chairman of the EFCC.
“We make bold to declare that we
shall not rest on our oars and allow power of looters and economic
saboteurs to submerge the good intention of this administration in its
effort to tame corruption in the land,” the youths vowed.
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