From Femi Mustapha, in Kaduna
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has suspended the National Executive Committee (NEC) Chairman of the Forum, Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman, SAN, OFR, over an unauthorized statement made during the meeting of the NEC on Wednesday, November 2024, at ACF Headquarters in Kaduna.
This was contained in a statement by Alhaji Bashir Muhammad, Dalhatu Alhaji Murtala Aliyu, the Wazirin Dutse Chairman, Board of Trustees and the Secretary General respectively of the Forum and made available to the media in Kaduna today (Thursday).
The statement said that the attention of the (ACF) has been drawn to widely reported statements credited to Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman, SAN, OFR, which were made during the meeting of the NEC held on Wednesday, November 2024, at ACF Headquarters, Kaduna.
The statement further stated that in particular, Mr. Osuman was quoted as saying that the North will back a northern candidate for the Presidency, come 2027.
The statements, according to the Forum, were made by the NEC Chairman without consulting or discussing with other leaders and members of the ACF and, thus, reflected Mr. Osuman’s personal opinion only.
“ACF rejects Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman’s statements in their entirety.
“For this reason, the leadership of the ACF’s Board of Trustees (BOT) and that of its NEC has decided to place Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman on suspension with immediate effect.
“A Committee has been constituted for further investigations,” the statement reads.
