The KDAI stated this in a joint statement by its Convener, General Paul Tarfa, and the Deputy Convener, Sani Daura, on Friday in Abuja
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The group said this in a statement reacting to the response from the Presidency to comments credited to Northern and Southern Elders, signed by its President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday
The leaders of the groups had after a meeting in Abuja called on President Muhammadu Buhari to put a halt to the killings in the country.
All of us are behind Buhari; we have seen that they want to destroy the Fulani because of Buhari.
The groups, in a communique, said politicians from the region had failed the North because they were unable to address the the problems of the region, especially in security and poverty.
Unongo said this on Thursday during the mass burial of 73 persons killed by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State
He said: “The alarming reports of illegal importation of huge quantities of arms into the country is disconcerting to the NEF.
Alhaji Mustapha Wali, a member of the forum, announced the development in Makurdi, when the group paid a courtesy call on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State.
The forum expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups
The Deputy leader of the Forum, Dr. Paul Unongo, made the commendation while addressing a news conference shortly after a meeting in Kano on Thursday
Tinubu had in a book released officially to the public on Friday: “Against the Run of Play,” accused Saraki and El-Rufai of blocking his chances of becoming the vice presidential candidate of the APC for the election
The statement, signed by Solomon Dalung and Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, lamented the increasing wave of insecurity, expressing reservation that it poses serious threat to the survival of the nation as well as the conduct of credible elections in 2015
He said the approach by the group was selective, patently biased and highly provocative to the sensibilities of those who desire the unity and stability of the country