BY NOAH EBIJE, KADUNA ON JULY 31, 2014 · POLITICS
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday kicked against the pro­posed Niger Delta youth rally slated for today in Abuja to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 re-election bid.

A statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim, said the rally was ill-timed and ill-advised, considering the current security challenges facing the country, particularly the North.

However, the ACF said if the solidarity rally must hold, the authorities should ensure that such event is properly guided to avoid any likely security breaches.

The ACF said the mass movement of Nigerians from other parts of the country into Abuja at the time of the rally might cause security breaches and possibly be hijacked by hoodlums to wreak havoc including likely death and loss of property. Furthermore, such mass demonstration by some youths from certain sections of the country may portray them as insensitive to the plight of other Nigerians that have been under siege by terror attacks.

“In as much as ACF is not against any peaceful rally or solidarity march by any group of persons in support of Mr. President or any cause, however, considering the insecurity in the country and in particular, the northern region, where there have been a spate of bomb blasts and attacks on innocent Nigerians.  The forum considered it as ill-timed, ill-advised and a disregard to the feelings of other Nigerians affected by the insecurity challenges.

“In view of this, ACF advises the authorities to ensure that such solidarity demonstrations are properly guided to avoid any likely security breaches. ACF equally appealed to the demonstrators to exercise caution and restrain in their utterances and actions in order not to insult the sensibilities of other Nigerians.

“ACF calls on supporters of Mr. President wherever they are, to express such love and solidarity to Mr. President in their various domains rather than mass movement to Abuja, the federal capital,” the statement said.
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I hope they heed to the simple advice rather than disregarding the message and the messenger

Well articulated diplomatic way of showing ur hatred for the rally. But if it is Buhari or his group members, it should have been the other way sound. Nigerians have understood the game plans of the northerners and so are no longer troubled about these statements, hence this unconfrontational pattern. That is getting matured by force. Its a good development.

Useless Northern I+D+I+O+T+S.
Ranting of a A Dying REGION THAT DESTROYED EVERYTHING IN NIGERIA.
These people should know that they have eating their cake and can never have it back.

Bye bye to ISLAMIC RULE IN NIGERIA.
GEJ TILL JESUS COMES.
PDP-POWER.

Useless Northern I+D+I+O+T+S.
Rantings of a A Dying REGION THAT DESTROYED EVERYTHING IN NIGERIA.
These people should know that they have eating their cake and can never have it back.

Bye bye to ISLAMIC RULE IN NIGERIA.
GEJ TILL JESUS COMES.
PDP-POWER.

Useless Northern I+D+I+O+T+S.
Iresponsible Rantings of A Dying REGION THAT DESTROYED EVERYTHING GOOD IN NIGERIA.
These people should know that they have eating their cake and can never have it back.

Bye bye to ISLAMIC RULE IN NIGERIA.
GEJ TILL JESUS COMES.
PDP-POWER.

Lol! ACF is a joke. I guess Zakzaky's Shia/Quds protest rally was not insensitive to the plight of Northern victims of Boko Haram. Nigeria is in real deep trouble with these fellas. These so-called core northerners have never for once protested against the killing of any section of Nigeria. Just check our history, you'll see that core north always supported and/or benefited from the slaughter of other sections of Nigeria. They've never protested any injustice perpetrated on any other section, never in our history. However, they're always quick to protest events outside Nigerian shores no matter how inconsequential the event is. Today they're lecturing us on sensitivity. They're telling us to 'mind our utterances.' What a load of BS. Bugaje, Junaid, and Ango have been entertaining us for over 3 years with unimaginable utterances without Afenifere or Ohaneze raising any eyebrow.

It is a shame how every serious issue in this country is reduced to a PDP vs APC argument or a PRO-GEJ vs ANTI-GEJ discourse.

A rally of the magnitude planned by this youths to hold in ABuja is ill-advised at a time like this. I hope they see reason and either postpone it or hold it in a safer state.

The rally does not have to hold in Abuja for it to make the necessary point that they support GEJ and want him to run in next year's elections.