A Northern Group under the ages of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned UK parliament for calling for sanction against top Nigerian officials and security agents over end SARS saga where security agents shot #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in October, 2020.
The UK Parliament had on Monday taken some resolutions after it considered a petition signed by 220, 000 signatories in the aftermath of the shooting of the protesters calling for sanction against indicted Nigerian officials among others.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the spokesman of the ACF, Emmanuel Yaweh, disclosed that the UK lawmakers were wrong for making resolutions and coming to a conclusion in haste. He, however, added that the forum will not want to make any comments on its deliberations about Nigeria.
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The spokesman also said the Forum condemned an allegation of looting half of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN made by a UK lawmaker, Tom Tugendhart against the former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), stating that the allegation against Gowon made the Forum lose confidence in the British Parliament.
Speaking further, he asked Mr. Tom Tugendhart to substantiate his claim or allegation that Gowon stole half of the money in the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and took them to the UK. Yaweh noted that the Forum is convinced that Gowon is the cleanest former Nigerian leader surviving.
The forum also asked the UK lawmaker to provide proof of the money that Gowon allegedly stole and kept, adding that he should show which bank and under what name it kept. According to the forum, until the UK Parliament provides evidence that Gowon stole half of the money in CBN, it sees the comments of the lawmaker as racially motivated to destroy African leaders.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK