A group, Grand Alliance of Coalition of Northern Youths Movement has picked holes in a viral video on social media where notorious bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji, made allegation against some notable political leaders in the North West including the minister of state for defence Bello Matawalle and governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu.
The group under the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Yusuf while addressing journalists in Sokoto said, it is not in the group’s character to respond to such baseless and poorly-scripted nollywood movie being acted by elements like Bello Turji and his co-crime merchants within and outside Zamfara State but to set the record straight on the person of criminal Turji and the political rationale behind the viral video.
“It is on record that Bello Turji is fond of making baseless accusations against perceived political enemies of his sponsors who are tele-guiding him to poison the minds of northerners against the possible re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu come 2027.
“Let us clearly states here that, majority of those calling on President Tinubu to replace state Minister of Defence Bello Matawalle, over the comedy video clip allegedly shared by agents of Zamfara State government are unpatriotic Nigerians who are ready to go to any length to sow a seed of discord among Nigerians and against a southern president just like they did to Jonathan in 2014.
“Those targeting Minister Bello Matawalle are more interested in destroying Tinubu’s legacy on the fight against insecurity in the North-West so that they can use it against him and his political party which should not be allowed.
“The truth is that, the ongoing military operations in the North-West is wrecking Turji’s enclaves and his promoters are unhappy which is why the military needs to intensify their onslaught against these criminal elements in their enclaves in Shinkafi, Sabon Birni, Isa, Zurmi, Jibia and many other areas surrounding Katsina, Kaduna, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi and Niger states.”
“His allegations have not been only against Matawalle. He has accused a former governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima that he was sponsoring bandits. He also accused the late Emir of Zurmi, Atiku Abubakar of the same allegations,” the group stated.
