The leadership of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has disassociated itself from the planned RevolutionNow Movement protest being convened by the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate at the 2019 general elections, Omoyele Sowore for Monday August 5th, 2019.
The council in a statement signed by its President, Comrade Almustapha Asuku Abdullahi said exercising rights to freedom of speech; association and assembly should be with decorum.
Abdullahi said the “RevolutionNow Movement” called for mass action across the country against the federal government of Nigeria is ill-timed and uncalled for and that Nigerian youths would not be part of any unlawful gathering in the name of revolution.
“At a time when Nigeria is battling with security challenges, no sane or right thinking individual would be instigating the populace against the government and be calling for total short down of Nigeria. We call all security agencies to take charge and not allow any dissidents and foreign agents to draw us back as a nation.
“The #RevolutionNow Protest’’ and the convener are opposite in nature, hence it became worrisome and explicitly pertinent for concern Nigerians to ask several questions.
“This can be best described as deliberate attempt to destabilise Nigeria and government of President Muhammed Buhari. As such, any group of persons collaborating with the call for revolution protest is unpatriotic,” the Abdullahi said.
