The National President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, has blamed political leaders in the North who held on to power for 35 years without positively?
impacting on the lives of the people in the zone for the frustration pervading the region and manifesting as Boko Haram.
Alhaji? Shettima expressed this view while answering questions after speaking at a symposium on “achieving peace through democracy: a leadership challenge?” organised by Shafaudeen in Islam led by Prof. S.A Olagoke to mark 2012 Ishrat.
The National President disclosed that a group which tried to wreak vengeance on some Northern leaders was hijacked by the Boko Haram sect.