According to the association, the plot is spearheaded by a group known as the Association of Humble and Obedient Youths (AHOY). ..Read Full Article
The National Association of Seadogs, Pyrates Confraternity, NAS/PC has alleged a sinister plot to compromise publicly exposed members of the association.
According to the association, the plot is spearheaded by a group known as the Association of Humble and Obedient Youths (AHOY).
The NAS Capoon, Mr Abiola Owoaje who read a press statement signed by Prof Wole Soyinka and 17 top members of the association said a recently circulated video that attempts to associate their origin with Soyinka and the other six founding members of NAS/PC is “a pathetic and abject failure”.
Owoaje, while pointing out the malicious falsehood meant to damage the reputation of members of NAS/PC, denied and rejected any linkage with the AHOY group, stating that there is no truth in its assertions.
He noted that the recourse to such “a monstrous corporate heist” in the face of living witnesses and authentic stakeholders cannot be without assurance of protection in high places.
Owoaje made references to the formation of PC in 1952 by Soyinka and six others, its formal registration with the Nigeria government, and how it was recently granted Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on NGOs in November 2021 and celebration of 70 years of existence as evidence of no link with the “impostors”.
He said, “We view this video and any related actions of the perpetrators as a brazen attempt to tarnish the hard-won image and reputation of our organisation, an action aimed at diminishing our significant positive contributions to the development of the Nigerian and Global society over the past 70 years.
“To ignore this impudence would be a gross abdication of the considerable responsibility that we have come to accept as one of the barometers of the social conscience of the communities within which we operate.
“We will fail ourselves and squander legitimacy if we fail to alert all relevant security agencies, and the public, of the grave potential of this act of open criminality tied to political interests.
“Their satanic ploy is aimed at compromising publicly exposed members of our association. We do not rule out plans to eliminate some who, with one word, can dismantle this glossy tumour of lies which, one must concede, has most seductively been packaged in hi-tech designs.
“It is now imperative that we deal with this with piratical swiftness within the parameters of all the legal options open to the organisation. In that respect, our legal resources are now fully engaged.”
“Many are called, but few are chosen. Frustration feeds illusions and eventually slithers into impersonation. All members of the authentic body, the public, and security agencies worldwide are hereby put on the alert. We live in weird, brutish, and dangerous times,” he added.
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