Youths under the aegis of iSupport group on Saturday staged a support rally for the Nigerian troops battling Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast.
Numbering about 500 and wearing a green t-shirt uniform bearing the inscription: ‘iSupport our troops,’ they danced through Mokola to Jembewon Road to Sabo area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital to express support for the troops.
The Convener, Mr Olatunde Caxton-Martins, said the military men fighting against the insurgents were doing well, pointing that they needed to be praised for motivation purposes.
He said: “We are a group of young entrepreneurs, creative and innovative people in Ibadan. We have come in this time and season when everybody is talking about politics and what they can gain from the next dispensation. We have come out to celebrate men and brethren who are laying down their lives daily in support of the peace and unity of this country, fighting the insurgents. Some of them have lost their lives leaving their friends and family. We want to let them know that we appreciate them and grateful for their sacrifice on our behalf and our children.
“This rally is of more profit now so that people can come to understand that even though people are going about what they can gain from the next dispensation, some people are still laying down their lives daily for the good course of the people in the country and this is the course we have come to support.”
Asked if the group was not being sponsored by any political party, Caxton-Martins said: “We are not in support of any political party and we don’t have political backbone. We are only here to fight for a good cause. The group is about two months old and the membership strength is 5000 spread across all walks of life. We are celebrating this soldiers and we want to use the army as point of contact.”
On how the group is funded, he said members make contributions and receive donations from some philanthropists
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