Middle Belt youths flay Shettima over secret visit to Jos

The Middle Belt Youth Forum (MBYF) has noted, with disdain and contempt, the recent visit of the Vice President–elect, Kashim Shettima to Jos, Plateau State, shortly after the presidential election.

According to the forum, they are aware of series of meetings he held with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jos, allegedly to rig Saturday’s governorship election in favour of APC, which the forum said would be resisted by Plateau people.

Addressing a press briefing, yesterday, in Jos, the Acting National Coordinator, MBYF, Captain Brent Kane, noted that to further accentuate his disdain for Plateau people, Shettima, upon arrival in Jos, went straight to visit Izala Islamic Cleric in the state, Sheikh Yahaya Jingir, without paying any respect to the Gbong Gwom Jos, who is the chairman of the state Traditional Council.

Kane said:

“This insult and denigration of our traditional institution reveals the desperation of APC to Isolate the indigenous people of Plateau from the political scheme of Nigeria and enthrone strangers as leaders over our people, which will never see the light of day.

“All the governorship candidates in the state are proud sons of
Middle Belt and cannot be denied whatever support and solidarity in their quest to govern the state.

“Nevertheless, we state, without mincing words, that Plateau has an identity that is rooted in Christianity, which nobody can deny.”