AMINA ANEBI, Kaduna
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria has passed a vote of confidence on its President, Isah Abubakar, following his purported suspension by a splinter faction led by Mock Kure, the group Director General, Media and Publicity.
“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,” the group said in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Michael Musa Shekarau.
The statement notified the general public that Comrade Abubakar was never suspended from the activities of the group and remains “our National President. His suspension only exist in the figment of the imagination of those who masterminded its publicity.”