{"id":4028,"date":"2015-01-15T20:36:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T20:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2015-01-15T20:36:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T20:36:40","slug":"group-urges-investigation-of-sponsors-of-electoral-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=4028","title":{"rendered":"Group urges investigation of sponsors of electoral violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/election-violence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4029\" alt=\"election violence\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/election-violence.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>The Youth Initiative for Social Change (YISC) has called for a thorough investigation to unravel the people \u00a0behind the burning of two buses belonging to the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) with posters of its presidential candidate, Goodluck Jonathan.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The incident took place along Bauchi road in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State on Saturday January 10, 2015, barely 48 hours to the inauguration of the PDP governorship campaign in Mangu Local Government Area. Some youths attacked the buses, along with another vehicle with PDP logo and its presidential candidate picture.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In a statement issued in Abuja, the YISC said the incident seems to be a rehearsal for more violence, which the opposition has continued to instigate to make a mockery of efforts of the present administration to ensure the elections are violence-free.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">National Coordinator of YISC, Adetola Omu said: \u201cWe are disturbed by this development which we strongly believe is sponsored by groups that have consistently fomented trouble so as to derail the upcoming elections and discrediting this administration. All lovers of peace should condemn it.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Omu cautioned politicians from brainwashing the youths to incite violence for their selfish ill-motives, even as he added that, \u201cthis shameful act is a script that was well hatched and is being played out with the aim of re-enacting the kinds of violence we saw in 2011 that led to mindless killings across the country. The police should not allow this to pass\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The YISC national coordinator said that Nigeria is bigger than the aspiration of any group and that in the light of this; it urges the youths to eschew violence and not allow themselves to be used by the same politicians who will not allow their children to engage in such acts.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhile we urge the present administration to remain focused on ensuring hitch-free and violence-free elections, it must also ensure that perpetrators of violence and their sponsors are fished out and made to face the law\u201d, Omu insisted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Youth Initiative for Social Change (YISC) has called for a thorough investigation to unravel the people \u00a0behind the burning of two buses belonging to the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) with posters of its presidential candidate, Goodluck Jonathan. 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