The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has dissociated itself from the endorsement of Sen. Godswill Akpabio for Senate Presidency by Coalition of Northern groups.
A member of the ACF, Musa Sa’idu, who is also the leader of the Arewa community in Southern Nigeria, stated this in an issued statement yesterday.
A Coalition of Northern groups had endorsed Akpabio for the Senate Presidency saying he was best suited for the position.
Sa’idu said endorsing Akpabio for the Senate Presidency would spell doom for Northern Nigeria. “We hereby dissociate ourselves from the endorsement of Sen. Godswill Akpabio for the Senate Presidency by a coalition of Northern groups.
“The Coalition is not speaking for the North, it is just speaking for itself. No true Northern group will want to endorse Akpabio for a sensitive position like that of Senate President, because he is not friendly with the North.
“We are the people who know Akpabio, because we are resident in the South, we know those who are friendly with the Northern people and Akpabio is actually not one of them, ” he stated.
Sa’idu added that the Coalition must have made the endorsement out of ignorance.
According to him, “The Northern people are not beggars that will be endorsing people who are not friendly with them because of inducement”.
He said the ACF would continue to fight against injustice in the country.
“I think it’s time for the party to reward the zone for the massive votes rather than start looking for somebody from the South as Senate President”, he further said.
