ACF denies being part of northern groups that passed vote of no confidence on Buhari

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has denied being part of the northern groups that recently passed a vote of no confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari.

Different groups from the North had passed the vote in a communiqué signed by Professor Ango Abdullahi, (chairman ACF Political Committee/Convener, Northern Elders Forum); Dr. Yima Sen (NEF); Amb. Ibrahim Mai Sule (ACF); Alhaji Yerima Shettima (Arewa Youth Consultative Forum); among several others.

The groups in a meeting held on March 24, at the Arewa House, Kaduna State, went further to announce that they have started searching for a “credible candidate” to replace Buhari ahead of the 2019 general elections.

But in a statement on Thursday by its national publicity secretary, Muhammad Biu, the ACF denied that it was part of the group that signed the communiqué rejecting Buhari.

“The attention of Arewa Consultative Forum has been drawn to the communiqué of the Northern Groups Summit held at the Arewa House, Kaduna, on Saturday 24th March, 2018, where the ACF was said to be a signatory to the communiqué.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the ACF hereby states that it was neither involved in the preparation, nor participated in the said summit and did not mandate any of its members to represent the Forum.

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“ACF acknowledges the right of individuals or groups to freedom of association as enshrined in our constitution. Any member who claimed to have represented ACF or signed on behalf of the Forum did so on his own.

“Furthermore, the views expressed in the said communiqué were those of the conveners and not those of ACF, which is an umbrella body for all northerners, irrespective of their political, ethnic and religious persuasions.

“ACF therefore dissociates itself from the communiqué in its entirety,” the group’s statement read.

 

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