The Northern Youth Leaders Forum, has said the security problems facing the country was a result of Jonathan’s refusal to honor a one term agreement between him and Northern powers who insist that the North must complete late Yar Adua’s tenure, which was cut short by his unfortunate demise in 2010.
The group which is a coalition of northern socio-political groups, said the North had to resort to playing dirty to ensure Jonathan pays the price for not honoring the agreement by deciding to run for a second term in office, in 2015.
The NLYF Chairman, Elliot Afiyo, said this while speaking with journalists in Yola on Saturday.Afiyo said though the coalition had been championing rotational presidency, it had now changed its mind as the country needed to look beyond the regions to get a President capable of dealing with the current security challenges.
According to him, a “coalition or cabal is behind the current security situation being faced by the country.”The NLYF chairman said, “With what is going on in this country, we need to bring anybody from anywhere in this country to deal with the situation.
“If you flash back to the Jonathan regime, you will observe that Jonathan was ready and willing to deal with the security situation, but some people, especially from the North (undermined him) – we have evidence.
A coalition or cabal benefitting from the insecurity is causing the insecurity in this country. And you need somebody with a lion heart to deal with it. That is why we threw the presidency open.”Former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, admitted that the entire North worked against Jonathan in 2015, for failing to honor a secret agreement reached by all the Northern States Governors, an agreement he claimed was made in good faith.