Tag: ACF

Arewa Consultative Forum denies endorsing Jonathan for 2023

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has denied endorsing former President Goodluck Jonathan, as its preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election. A chieftain of the ACF, Musa Sa’idu, said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja, yesterday. Saidu, who is also the leader of the Arewa community in the South-South and South-East regions, was reacting to media reports stating that a Coalition of Northern Groups has endorsed Jonathan for the 2023 poll. “There was never a time the ACF or the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) endorsed a particular aspirant…

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Some Arewa youths are fraudsters – ACF alleges

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has disowned a group known as the Arewa youths, saying it has no youth wing. A chieftain of the ACF and also the leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria, Musa Sa’idu,stated this yesterday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to Sa’idu, anyone calling himself “Arewa Youth” is a fraudster as the group has no legal backing. ”I want to say, without any fear of contradiction, that the ACF has no youths wing. I am a founding member, and there was no time that…

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Just In! ACF Spokesperson, Emmanuel Yawe, is dead

Aminu Imam

The National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Emmanuel Yawe, is dead. Daily Trust gathered that Yawe, aged 65, died in his sleep in the early hours of Friday, in Abuja. His last official assignment was on Thursday, when he issued a statement on behalf of the ACF in condolence with the people of Benue State over the death of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. B. A. Chacha. However, Yawe’s daughter, Talatu Yawe, who confirmed his death to newsmen, said her father had been…

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“We won’t endorse any presidential candidate for 2023” – Arewa Consultative Forum

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…Warns its members The northern group, Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has declared it does not have any preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election. According to ACF, any political party and its candidate must unveil what programme they have for the Northern region before they could enjoy its support. This was contained in a communique signed by the Chairman of ACF, Chief Audu Ogbeh after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Kaduna, on Wednesday. The ACF, which issued a stern warning to its members against supporting candidates in its…

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2023 Presidency: ACF demands medical evidence to stop Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has called on Nigerians to come out with convincing evidence that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is not fit to contest the Presidency in 2023 on health grounds. The Arewa leaders said that without such evidence, Tinubu should be allowed to vie for the office. Spokesman of ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, stated this, yesterday, against the backdrop of the APC stalwart’s declaration that he would run for the country’s top job. According to the group, Nigeria must be…

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Insecurity: Arewa, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, MBF set agenda for Buhari

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has been challenged to go beyond “mere rhetoric” and muster the political will to end the unending insecurity and immediately restore peace and prosperity across the country. The pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Middle-Belt Forum, (MBF), the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and the Arewa Consultative Forum were among groups and individuals who, yesterday, advised the APC-led Federal Government on what to do to bring about peace as the New Year kicks off. Specifically, the MBF decried the plight of people of the Middle-Belt, who it said…

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Bashir Tofa, ex-NRC presidential candidate, dies aged 74

Aminu Imam

…‘He was a man of many parts, national politician, community leader” — ACF The presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention, (NRC), in the 1993 presidential election, Alhaji (Dr.) Bashir Uthman Tofa, has died. Dr. Tofa died at 74 at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in the early hours of yesterday. The Late Tofa, a Kanuri, who hails from Kano State, contested against MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 1993 presidential election adjudged to have been won by Abiola, but was annulled by the Ibrahim Babangida…

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Yuletide: “We are in a season of doom, despair, horrors – ACF cries out

Aminu Imam

As Christians all over the world marked Christmas day yesterday, the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has lamented that the past 12 months have been a season of doom and despair due to security challenges in the country. This was contained in a Christmas message to Nigerians signed by the Chairman of ACF, Chief Audu Ogbeh. According to him, “In the past twelve months, many Nigerians have experienced deep pains and trauma. We offer words of sympathy and condolence to them first and foremost. “This has indeed been a year of…

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Spate of Killings: ACF slams President Buhari, Northern Governors for lack of empathy

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has expressed its concern over alleged lack of empathy by Northern Governors to communities being attacked and killed by bandits and other criminals in the region. In a statement issued by the ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, yesterday in Kaduna, the Forum noted that the governors have not been showing enough sympathy to the victims. It added that the attitude of the governors, including President Muhammadu Buhari, portrayed them as only concerned about their lives and that of members of their families. According to…

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“Insecurity worsening, may consume nation”, Sultan, ACF, Clark, Gumi, CAN, Ohaneze, M/Belt Forum, others warn

Aminu Imam

Prominent leaders from various socio-cultural, religious, ethnic, political and other groups have raised the alarm over worsening insecurity, warning that if prompt action is not taken urgently, the situation might snowball into full anarchy that might consume the entire country. The warning came yesterday, during the inclusive security dialogue retreat in Abuja, meant to re-awaken the consciousness of the Federal Government and all stakeholders on the need to take actions to end the unending insecurity situation. Present at the meeting was the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo; Sultan of Sokoto, His…

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