By Adeleye Kunle
A Northern group, under the auspices of Northern Democratic Forum (NDF), has asked the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to name its choice 2023 presidential candidate and stop playing the ostrich.
Dr. Jibril Tafida, chairman of NDF, in a statement on Monday evening, noted with concern the silence of the Arewa elders, following the endorsement of Mr Peter Obi and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as presidential candidates by the Afenifere elders.
According to the statement, “The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) could not even sit and decide the 2023 presidential candidate that it is supporting as elders of the North, who have no reason to keep silent in the face of this crucial moment of decision for the Northern region.”
The NDF noted that this is the worst time in the political history of the North, where a respected group of elders under the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) could not take a definite stand on behalf of the region, like Afenifere did.
The Northern Democratic Forum said it is deeply disturbed, if not disappointed, by the inaction of the Northern leaders in the ACF, saying that it is unacceptable and democratically destabilizing for the North and that the youth as leaders of tomorrow now find this development quite discomforting.
The group added that all men and women of good conscience in the North must mount sufficient pressure on the ACF leadership to tell the world where the North stands, stressing that the presidential election is months away, and the region doesn’t have time to waste
