By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum(AYCF) has described as ‘fake, malicious and injurious fabrication’, the news making the rounds in some online platforms that it’s National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima demanded for the arrest of columnist and Ovation publisher, Dele Momodu, over Nnamdi Kanu’s interview.
In a statement on Sunday, November 1, the AYCF said that “those spreading the fake news against our National Chairman have been doing so for quite some months now and we are sure it is all politically-motivated and targeted at the good name our leader has built for decades as a fearless democrat.”
The group noted that “the agenda of this shadowy group, which is bent on ridiculing the image and integrity of our National President, is to score cheap political points”.
Legal Adviser of the group, Barrister Liman, who signed the statement said he has already consulted widely with his associates on how best to take legal action against the fake news merchant once investigations were completed.
The group also noted:”The AYCF’s National President, our own vocal Shettima Yerima has been one of the leading lights in the advocacy for restructuring and good governance. He has also been an advocate of peace and dialogue and we wish to warn his detractors that their campaign of calumny will never change that.”