The Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has accused the Joint Northern Committee of being sponsored to endorse a particular presidential candidate.
Recall that the Joint Northern Committee, comprising of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation (ABF), Arewa Research and Development Project and Jam’iyyar Matan Arewa, has organised an interactive session with some presidential candidates. The programme, which started last Saturday was attended by Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Kola Abiola of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), and Prince Adewale Adeboye of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Also, Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and the NNPP candidate were in Kaduna on Monday for the event.
However, in a letter addressed to organisers, dated October 14, 2022, and signed by the spokesman of the NNPP Presidential Campaign, AbdulMumini Kofa, the NNPP said besides the fact that the date given was not convenient, it had credible information that some people had been compromised.But, while reacting, the Secretary-General of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Murtala Aliyu, said the allegations are baseless, and challenged anybody to produce evidence.
Aliyu, who is the chairman of the steering committee of the programme, said the interactive session was not aimed at endorsing any presidential candidate.
The NNPP letter further said its technical team was still putting final touches on its blueprint, and as such, we will be unable to present to you the final policy proposals that will guide our candidates presidency when eventually he is elected the president of Nigeria.
It promised to ensure that the blueprint is presented to the public by the candidate and shall make copies available to the group.
