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ACF flays hate speeches, campaigns of calumny by politicians

By Saxone Akhaine, Kaduna
14 November 2022   |   4:06 am
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has admonished political leaders to desist from hate speeches and campaigns of calumny that may destabilise the country, warning them not to add to the country’s insecurity and economic woes.

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has admonished political leaders to desist from hate speeches and campaigns of calumny that may destabilise the country, warning them not to add to the country’s insecurity and economic woes.

According to the political and cultural association of leaders in the North, although Nigeria is already facing severe life-threatening challenges due to security and economic crisis, it seems there are many desperate political leaders and other self-appointed community champions that want to add fuel to the fire.

Secretary-General of ACF, Murtala Aliyu, added: “Shamefully, most are driven by blind ambition or plain hatred to plunge the polity into disarray. No one can fail to notice the alarming rise of tension and lawlessness as the election campaigns and contests gather pace.

“There are reports that some politicians are engaging thugs and violent persons to attack their opponents, spreading terror and fear everywhere. Of much greater concern, however, is the resort to hate speech, insults and threats of violence being issued by the political leaders, including state governors. They seem to be unaware that the distance between hate speech and violence, even genocide, is very short.”

ACF, therefore, called on leaders at every level to exercise restraint in their utterances, to enable the country have a peaceful election of the new crop of leaders.

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