By Biliyok Abashi, Kaduna


The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), hereby notified the general public that Comrade Isah Abubakar was never suspended from the activities of the group and remains their National President.


The group added that it passed a vote of confidence on its President, Comrade Isah Abubakar, following his purported suspension by a splinter faction led Mock Kure, the group Director General, Media and Publicity. 


A statement from Secretary General of the group, Comrade Michael Musa Shekarau, said, "The general is hereby notified that Comrade Isah Abubakar was never suspended from the activities of the group and remains our National President. The suspension only exist in the figment of the imagination of those who masterminded its publicity.


"The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria has passed a vote of confidence on its President, Comrade Isah Abubakar, following his purported suspension by a splinter faction led Mock Kure, the group Director General, Media and Publicity."


According to the statement, the group has accessed the situation that led to the purported suspension which is suspected to be politically sponsored, saying that it is their considered view that there is nothing the President did that amounted to betrayal of trust rather a stand for social justice and speaking truth to power.


As a matter of fact, the statement believed that he (President) followed all the group internal decision making mechanism before heading to the press, saying that it is left for the affected government agencies to either act or do otherwise with the information at their disposal in respect of the concerned Niger State Gubernatorial Aspirant, Alhaji Liman Isah Kantigi.


The statement explained, "We have accessed the situation that led to the purported SUSPENSION which is suspected to be politically sponsored, it is our considered view that there is nothing the President did that amounted to betrayal of trust rather a stand for social justice and speaking truth to power. 


"As a matter of fact, he followed all the group internal decision making mechanism before heading to the press. It is left for the affected government agencies to either act or do otherwise with the information at their disposal in respect of the concerned Niger State Gubernatorial Aspirant, Alhaji Liman Isah Kantigi."


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