Tag: Audu Ogbeh

Tinubu, Northern leaders, Governors mourn Audu Ogbeh

Aminu Imam
Audu Ogbeh passes

…Extol ex-minister’s integrity, service President Bola Tinubu, the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), and the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) have expressed deep grief over the death of former Minister of Agriculture, ex-PDP National Chairman, and elder statesman, Chief Audu Innocent Ogbeh, who passed away yesterday at the age of 78. Ogbeh’s family announced his passing in a statement, prompting an outpouring of tributes from across the country. In a condolence message by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu described the late politician as “a man…

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Alleged Idoma Marginalisation: “Ogbeh’s call to sack SGF, Sen. Akume, totally unacceptable” – Arewa elders

Aminu Imam

Arewa elders, under the auspices of Arewa News Agenda, (ANA), have condemned alleged call by former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, to sack the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Senator George Akume, for allegedly marginalising Idoma ethnic group in Benue State in terms of ministerial appointment. The condemnation was made at the weekend by the Convener and ANA Chairman, Sen. Ahmad Abubakar MoAllahyidi, on the heels of Chief Ogbeh organising a media conference along with some stakeholders of Idoma extraction to express misgivings…

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‘Camels being used to carry deadly weapons into Nigeria’ — ACF raises alarm

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged that camels are being used to carry deadly weapons into the country. In a statement issued yesterday, the ACF National Chairman, Audu Ogbeh, said the weapons are imported from a neighbouring country through Sokoto and Zamfara States. The former minister of agriculture said some of the weapons being ferried into Nigeria include rocket propelled grenades, (RPGs), and anti-aircraft guns, adding that security operatives do not check the cargoes. He said, “At the last meeting of our National Executive Council, NEC, in October 2020,…

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We either save the North from its present situation or lose it totally – ACF

Ishaku Yohanna

National Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said if they did not save the North from its present precarious situation, the North will be lost totally. This was contained in a communiqué after their first inaugural meeting held in Kaduna on Wednesday and signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe. The statement quoted the chairman to have said “some Nigerians mistake the ACF to be an ethnic, tribal, religious or a political organisation. It is none of these. We have over 300 tribes in…

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