The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has cautioned the American Court that allegedly ordered for the arrest of DCP Abba Kyari, while also dismissing what it described as “the attempted intimidation of a police officer right inside his independent fatherland”.
In a statement by its President-General, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, on Sunday, the group sounded a note of warning that “nothing must happen to him (DCP Kyari)”.
It rejected the purported plan to arrest DCP Kyari, describing the move by the FBI as “totally unacceptable, a slap on the sensibility of our compatriots and a ridicule on one of our finest crack detectives”.
Arewa youth, said it would keep a monitoring eye on the event, adding that there was no justification for “singling out one of Nigeria’s most effective and efficient police officers for castigation”.
The AYCF, however, implored “all Nigerians who are truly patriotic to stand behind a man who has made an unrivalled mark on the sands of time by diligently serving his fatherland.”
It also called on relevant stakeholders in the country, especially civil society organizations, to “rally round this officer who risked his life in multiple operations across Nigeria, a fact proved many times through BBC news coverage of such operations”.
“While we are conscious of our sovereignty as a nation, we demand justice for a man with unrivalled records of detective capabilities in the recent history of Nigeria,” the added.