Tag: Northern Elders Forum

“We will no longer tolerate violence against our people” – Northern Elders’ Forum

Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has stated that the North will no longer tolerate violence against its people in the southern region of the country. The disclosure was made by the chairman of the Forum during a Town Hall meeting with members of the northern community in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The NEF chairman, Ango Abdullahi, said the elders visited the State to commiserate with northerners who were attacked during the #EndSARS protests, saying northerners in the State suffered “enormous loss of lives and assets” during the protest. He counseled…

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‘Violence now means of livelihood for northern children’ – ACF

Aminu Imam

One of the most prominent groups in northern Nigeria, Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has lamented the increasing rate of violence in the region.  The Forum’s chairman, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said this when he led a delegation to Maiduguri, to meet the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, according to a statement issued yesterday.  The statement, which was titled: “Arewa Consultative Forum visits Zulum, says security situation depressing’, noted that the ACF delegation was in Borno on Sunday to empathise over Boko Haram’s serial killings, particularly the most recent, which was…

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My govt’ll not undermine interest of any ethnic group” – Wike to Northern Elders

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has given assurance that he will continue to conduct the affairs of government in a manner that will not undermine the interest of any ethnic group resident in the State.  The governor gave the assurance when he played host to leaders of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), led by its Chairman, Prof. Ango-Abdullahi, in Port Harcourt yesterday.  The Northern leaders were there to meet with their kith and kin in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest that was hijacked by the proscribed Indigenous People Organisation of…

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‘We’re aware of attempts to weaken North before 2023’ – Northern Elders

Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), have said they were aware of alleged attempts by some politicians interested in contesting the 2023 presidential election to weaken the North on many fronts in the aftermath of #EndSARS protest. The NEF’s Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday night, said that he Forum also said it had credible information about an alleged plan to force restructuring on the North under the guise of ending the agitation against bad governance in the country. According to Dr. Baba-Ahmed,…

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