Northern Youths Warns Against Turji Antics: Accuse Bandits’ Kingpin of Plot to Destroy Tinubu’s Legacy

By Melaye Cardoso

The Grand Alliance of Coalition of Northern Youths Movement (GANOM) has called on President Bola Tinubu to intensify military operations against bandits in the North-West region.

The group made this known in a statement signed by its Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Yusuf, on Monday.

According to Yusuf, “The ongoing military operations in the North-West are breaking Turji’s enclaves and his promoters are unhappy, which is why the military needs to intensify their onslaught against these criminal elements.”

He described the viral video of a bandits kingpin, Bello Turji, accusing some northern political figures, including the Minister of State Defence, Bello Matawalle, of sponsoring terrorism as a “poorly scripted job by enemies of progress”.

Yusuf said, “It is on record that Bello Turji is fond of making baseless accusations against perceived political enemies of his sponsors who are teleguiding him to poison the minds of northerners against the possible re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu come 2027.”

He emphasized that those targeting Matawalle are more interested in destroying Tinubu’s legacy on the fight against insecurity in the North-West.

Yusuf said, “So, those targeting Minister Bello Matawalle are more interested in destroying Tinubu’s legacy on the fight against insecurity in the North-West so they can use it against him and his political party which should not be allowed.”

He concluded by saying, “To this end, we are calling on President Tinubu not to take the development lightly and we urge him to put on his political thinking cap to address some of the issues like economic hardship in the country fast so those that don’t want him to continue governing Nigeria will not succeed.”

The group chairman questioned the credibility of Turji’s allegations, asking why a bandit like him would be given prominence to talk about insecurity when he is making life difficult for his own people.

Yusuf said, “Can we now say the security agencies especially the Department of State Security Service have not done their work which could have led to disqualification of Matawalle while he was being screened by the National Assembly better than Turji and his hidden sponsors?”