By Editor
Yoruba youths under the National umbrella body, the Yoruba Youth Council have commended the nation's entire security apparatus for the arrest of Bashir Hadejia, a notorious suspect implicated in treason, gun-running and other related transborder crimes that threaten the security and sovereignty of our dear Country Nigeria.
Also, they drummed support of all Nigerians for the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In a statement by the leader of the Yoruba Youth Council, Comrade Eric Oluwole, the youths the arrest as "a loud testimony of the vigilance of our country's security network being coordinated jointly by the National Security Adviser; Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Defence Minister; Bello Matawalle, the Armed Forces, Police and other security agencies."
He said the security agents involved "in this superlative achievement of arresting one of Nigeria's foremost suspected enemies deserve the special commendation of all well-meaning Nigerians."
Oluwole noted that the arrested Hadeja is one of the suspected most dangerous transnational criminals with strong local connections which they allegedly exploit to fuel unrest in our Country.
In his words: "Hadejia's confession of sponsoring the recent #EndBadGovernance protests confirms the fear in some quarters that unscrupulous individuals with means could infiltrate and exploit well intentioned protests by aggrieved Nigerians, to perpetrate their criminal, unpatriotic and selfish agenda of destabilising the Country and discrediting the government in power.
"This is a disturbing development especially when we recall the alarming turn of the protests in some parts of the North where some disgruntled and youths, apparently infiltrators, waved the Russian flag, ostensibly calling for a replication in the democratic Federal Republic of Nigeria, of the Russian-backed undemocratic change of government in some neighbouring West African countries.
"It is clear from this that this unacceptable action of the infiltrators deviated from the intention of the original protesters, whose noble objective was to induce government to implement policies to ease the hardship being experienced across the country.
"By infiltrating, corruptng and manipulating a legitimate dissent to destabilise our Country in pursuit of narrow and selfish agenda, the criminals are calling an urgent attention to the need for a thorough grilling of the arrested suspect to disclose the whereabouts of other members of his unpatriotic gang who are at large, and their pending sinister plans, so that the threat could be crushed now."
The Yoruba Youth leader said: "Commendable as Hadeja's arrest is, there is need for more vigilance by our security agencies in policing the nation's borders to fence off the threat posed to our Nation's security by these transnational criminals and their local collaborators.
"Besides, the suspicion that Hadejia in league with others at large, coordinate a ring of criminal activities such as arms trafficking, money laundering, and terrorism sponsorship, calls for more concern especially considering the collosal number of Nigerians who are being slaughtered in their hundreds across the country under the guise of banditry, kidnapping and other violent communal clashes. This is not to talk of the property and farms being destroyed in these crimes.
"Because of the international connections involved, the need to get to the root of the matter, and in view of the security implications of the activities of the suspect and his collaborators to Nigeria and our neighbouring countries, the investigation of this case should done also in collaboration with the security agencies of Nigeria's neighbouring countries, and possibly with INTERPOL. This international dimension should complement the investigation within the country."
Oluwole said: "We the Yoruba youths note that the economic hardship being experienced by all Nigerians across the country predated the present administration. The problems, which the administration of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's, GCFR, inherited, were a carry-over from the preceding administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR
"Therefore it would be wrong to blame the Tinubu administration for the present hardship which accumulated over the years, due to wrong policies of successive administrations until May 29 last year when President Tinubu assumed office.
"It is in this wise that we call for a thorough investigation of the suspected Hadejia. He should be grilled over his confession especially concerning his connections with influential politicians and the top echelon of our Country's security apparatus to destabilise our Country.
"While we commend the administration of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for it's efforts to protect the sovereignty of our Country we call on the Federal Government to provide the fund and materials needed for the security agencies to function optimally.
"We declare our unwavering support for the administration of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR."
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