The North Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has warned against plans by some groups and individuals to organise a nationwide protest against the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
The forum said such a decision would be counterproductive and harmful to the progress of the country at this moment, calling on the organisers to rethink and retrace their steps.
The forum’s Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, who addressed newsmen on Monday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, said those calling for the protest ought to observe the situation in the country and have a sound judgment before taking any decision.
Zazzaga said President Tinubu was trying his best to reposition the country on the path of growth, urging Nigerians to support him, rather than distract the administration in the name of any protest.
He said those calling for the protest were not doing so for the love and progress of the country, but for their selfish reasons and to score cheap political points, adding that many of them were being sponsored by enemies of the country and the government.
Meanwhile, the chairman strongly sent a note of warning to the protesters not to contemplate staging the protest in the North Central region because of the challenges currently bedevilling the region.
According to him, the region, and the North generally, are going through security challenges which the president is trying tirelessly to solve.
He said, “Therefore any protest in the region can be highjacked by hoodlums to cause mayhem and threaten the lives and properties of law-abiding citizens.
“The issue of kidnappings, banditry and other criminal activities the region has been going through over the years is already overwhelming on the region, and it cannot afford to have another restiveness added to it.
