Though the Kaduna Mafia seemed to have hit its expiry at the time Muhammadu Buhari came into office, the northern oligarchy was resolute about the Daura General’s emergence. And Buhari didn’t disappoint. His administration inflicted one of the most atrocious ethnic and cronyistic governments on Nigeria.
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Dr. Baba-Ahmed had after a meeting with Obi, tweeted that “I spent valuable time with Mr Peter Obi this morning. I wish those who see him as an ethnic candidate can get to know him better. I also wish those who try to sell him will tone down his ethnic identity. I hope the nation will see the candidate up close, we could see a revolution.”
The group made the clarification in a statement signed on Sunday by its Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
The NEF noted that it won’t repeat the same mistake of voting for just any candidate as done to President Muhammadu Buhari based on sentiment in 2015.
The NEF made the appeal in a statement by its Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Tuesday.
The Presidency has dismissed the assessment of the Buhari administration by the Northern Elders Forum, describing the forum as a quasi-organisation that boast of no credible membership, and its leader was akin to a General without troops.
The forum made the promise in a statement signed by Alhaji Mahammed Kirfi, its implementation committee chairman, on Thursday in Abuja.