By Omo Arowomole
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has described Nastura Ashir Sheriff, the young man who organized and led a peaceful protest against President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State, as a rising star in Nigeria politics.
Sheriff recently led scores of northern youths to protest incessant killings and other blood-letting crimes in the Northern Region of Nigeria. He was arrested and released by the security agency.
His arrest sparked chains of reactions from right groups and activists across Nigeria.
Fani-Kayode, who also described Sheriff as humble and polite in a tweet on Friday night, said people like him who are not afraid to speak truth to power and stand up to tyranny are the hope of Nigeria
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His post reads: “Nastura Ashir Sheriff is the young man from Katsina state who led a peaceful protest against Buhari, who was arrested & who was later released. I spoke with him today & I commended him for his courage. Humble & polite, he is a rising star in Nig. politics & he will go far.
“People like him who are not afraid to speak truth to power & stand up to tyranny are the hope of this nation. I am proud of him & all those that have said “enough of these killings”. He has renewed my faith & hope in Nigeria & proved to the world that we are not all cowards.”
