Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has warned politicians across the country to stop using the abduction of the 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, to seek political advantage ahead of the 2015 general elections.

The group said this in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, on Tuesday.

The group was reacting to a statement by the Northern Elders Forum asking President Goodluck Jonathan to bring back the abducted girls and end insurgency in Nigeria by October or forget about the 2015 elections.

The northern elders had also maintained the conflicts in the North-East were being engineered to “weaken the North politically and economically by interests which intend to exploit such weaknesses for electoral benefits.”

In its reaction, however, Afenifere said what the country requires at the moment is cooperation among all citizens irrespective of tribe, to end the reign of terror rather than making inflammatory statements.

It said by linking the electoral fortune of Jonathan in 2015 to returning the abducted girls, the Northern elders have confirmed the suspicion that the activities of Boko Haram was either enjoying the sponsorship of some elites of the North or at the least having their sympathy.

The statement read, “A traumatised country that has been held in anxiety over the fate of the abducted girls cannot but challenge these elders at this stage to appeal to their wards in Boko Haram to release the innocent young girls who now appear cannon fodders in the struggle for “we want our power back.”

It added, “We are demanding that the government must not relent in its efforts to secure the release of the Chibok girls and end the insurgency in the land .We, however, frown at the disingenuous attempt by unconscionable elites who are now dishing out a two-month ultimatum to end an insurgency that they prepared the atmosphere for in decades of exploitation and iniquitous dealings with their own people. Can they name one country that has defeated terror in 60 days?

“How many rulers have we had in Nigeria since 1960 and how many come from the North? Why did it not occur to any of them that the Almajiris should go to school?

“The country has suffered enough of the errors of these leaders which have now produced terror in the land. They should stopping pouring salt on the injury.”